I am reading a book, and the fbi has a computer (but no password), an agent takes of the housing of the computer, reachese inside and takes out a small computer chip, loading windows appears. Is it that simple to bypass a password if you know which chip to take out?????
2007-03-28 14:36:41 · 4 answers · asked by Shaz 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Right now, bypassing a password is a sinch if your a professional and well expeerienced. Besides, that is FBI and their agents are trained to do things like that to retrieve as much information as possible about a suspect. Messing around with software, hacking, cracking, bypassing passwords, etc., are all taught to high priority people. These people use the skills to counterstrike real hackers in the real world.
2007-03-28 14:44:46 · answer #1 · answered by Marc G 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wasn't aware of that particular approach, but the FBI and the CIA can call in Bill Gates, Stephen Hawking and the entire computer science department at MIT as at least one of this august body should be able to map out just exactly where a specific piece of data is stored in just about any computer. It's why people with something to hide don't just "Format C\:" they cremate or disolve in acid the hard drive as everything is pretty much recoverable to the big budget techs. Great question, by the way!
2007-03-28 22:05:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did he take out a chip or the battery?
Yes it's possible to reset the BIOS settings to factory settings.
2007-03-28 21:44:50 · answer #3 · answered by Rustb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I'm afraid so.
2007-03-28 21:40:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋