Re: [Libreboot] Password protected Grub entries

[The Gluglug]

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>> in public places like airports, don't take your main laptop with
>> you. leave that secured somewhere, and take a dummy laptop with
>> you (or just swap the HDD and re-flash different firmware). You
>> can use passwords, just make sure that they are different ones .
> 
> I get the point.  Nevertheless, if taking a dummy laptop means that
> I have to work on a computer with blobs whenever I am away from
> home, I'd say I basically don't want to do this.  If it means that
> it is a second computer with libreboot + GNU/Linux, then we are
> back to square one, aren't we?
> 

What? I never said anything of the sort.

I have several libreboot laptops. All of them, in fact (except for the
MacBook2,1 and X60 Tablet). I frequently use dummy machines, all
running libreboot.

There's no law that says you can't have more than 1 libreboot system ;)

> As for changing passwords before leaving, I also perfectly get the 
> point, although this may be somewhat cumbersome.  The drawback is
> also that someone can watch you typing your password over your
> shoulder, then steal the laptop.  This is why I asked about other
> ways to proceed.
> 

Encryption.
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