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How To Head Off ATA HDD Password Abuse

Posted by timothy on from the I-did-not-know-that dept.

An anonymous reader submits "German c't magazine has a story about abusing the security features of ATA hard disks. The bottom line is that almost all ATA hard disks in desktop PCs can be password-protected. However, on most desktop PCs, the BIOS does not support locking this option -- so viruses or malware could set a random password, making any data unreadable unless recovered by professionals."

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  1. svefg cbfg! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    svefg cbfg!

  2. Oh nos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please help, my computer got hax3d and someone stole its megahurtz :(

  3. Watch the article's date by no+parity · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Has any April 1 story ever been forwarded and repeated long enough to meet next year's successor?

  4. "Me too" on april fools by halsathome · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    _One_ april fools joke from a news source is cool. Wen you see the tenth "joke" on slashdot, its a bit old. When _all_ of those are just re-reporting of other sites' jokes, its pathetic.

  5. Haha! by zerojoker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is this supposed to be funny or did the Slashdot staff really fall for this April's 1st joke??? If it's supposed to be funny, I can assure you, it's not. Not after the last day... In the second case it only seems to prove what we always thought :-)

  6. THE pope is DEAD! For real this time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Fluent in eight languages, John Paul II visited more than 100 countries on every continent except Antarctica."

    Lousy guy didn't like the penguins, so I guess he was anti-linux too!

  7. News by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Pope has had his last shit in the woods!

  8. Re:THE pope is DEAD! For real this time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please use the correct format:

    I just heard some sad news on CNN. Pope John Paul II was found dead in his Vatican apartment today. There weren't any more details. Even if you didn't care much for his work, there's no denying his contribution to archaic beliefs. Truly a Catholic icon.

  9. Re:Ok, so what? by bragolach · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did they ever?

  10. Re:THE pope is DEAD! For real this time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and a human being...

    and since we are on the subject
    i beleive his corps was abused so these newly apointed bishops would not be looked upon as false.

    I'm no fan of the church
    i'm no fan of religion in an organised sense
    you can think of the reasons your selfs so i'm not mentioning them.

    but is this news that matters, hmmm no.
    an old sick man died
    the news that maters will be the person who replaces him.
    and i do hope it wont be Gigorata, i do not want a carot up my *