Comment 9P6R Re: i'm surprised

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i'm surprised (Score: 1)

by pete@pipedot.org on 2015-05-24 18:22 (#9NXD)

I'm surprised nobody knew about it being installed. When i bought my laptop it was a selling point, one for which i gladly paid to keep the subscription. Where i live and work the chance of theft is moderate to high, its worth it to me. But my laptop is now old enough that i doubt i'll see any bios updates...and being a dell (poor update track-record, ime)

Fun disclosure: i also run Cerberus tracking on my phone, and Lojack on my vehicle :)

Re: i'm surprised (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2015-05-24 22:52 (#9P6R)

I had no idea it was in my BIOS. My preference is that nothing in the host OS can modify the BIOS. Think of the hacking potential....

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Marked as [Not Junk] by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-05-31 06:22