OG Computer Security 🔑

@catsalad

I bet @alice could pick that lock in no time

@Aprazeth @alice So how would you pick that kind of lock, anyway?

@catsalad Is this from the LGR Woodgrain 486 series? I was watching that recently lol

@catsalad @Mustardfacial don't forget to hold the turbo button while you crank it, and back off just as the bootloader catches.

@rotopenguin @catsalad You only have to do that in the winter. Air is usually warm enough in the summer that it'll fire up right away.

@Mustardfacial @catsalad I still keep stumbling over these.

@catsalad
... You're asking @alice right?

Because I'd either just use cardboard or open the case and unplug it.

Then again, at times there was an extra set of keys inside the case so...

@catsalad do you still have that machine? I need to read a 5.25...

@catsalad and drink machine insecurity

@catsalad "surely malicious actors don't know about screwdrivers, do they?"

@Mustardfacial @catsalad Fun fact: this does actually exist. Yes, there are cases where the power switch is rigged to a key. I guess for businesses that want their systems to never ever be shut off or something, lol.

@catsalad ooh a physical key pair

@Mustardfacial were they partly like “look at our bright little kid” or was it more like “you’re grounded for a week”?

@catsalad muh 1st doom pc 🥹

@monsieuricon @catsalad and if you wispered KITT…now!! the computer would JUMP to the ceiling and always land completely unharmed?!