• Taldan@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    After we figured out I can use safe mode to bypass the password, he just started locking the computer desk. Learned to pick the lock within a couple days

    It got to the point where he straight up would cut the power cord off things. Took less than an hour to learn to strip the wires and splice in a new end. He gave up after that

    In hindsight, there may have been signs I would go into security engineering

    • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      my folk put a lock in the computer. if it was locked, it prevented the power button from making a circuit. first we learned to pick locks, then we realized just jamming a paper clip in the lock connected the circuit.

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      8 hours ago

      Ah…the things you can accomplish when you are not being stepped on 24/7 by obligations.

      It’s almost like life and work used to be one and the same for our ancestors.