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		Anderkent on Feb 11, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bypassing Windows 10's Protections Using a Single ... There's different degrees of physical access; it's a different thing if you can reboot the machine or freely mess with its peripherals, or just plug in a usb stick for half a second.

lmm on Feb 11, 2015 [–]

Given that even linux these days will automatically use a keyboard connected to USB, it isn't a very different thing.

vetinari on Feb 11, 2015 | [–]

Only if you have usb-hid enabled (which, admittedly is default on general distros, but not on purpose-specific distros).

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