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<blockquote data-quote="Osiris22x" data-source="post: 31951" data-attributes="member: 3542"><p>A "fingerprint scanner" isn't going to make your computer anymore secure, especially not a Macintosh. All OS X Macs can be easily accessed without a password, by simply holding down COMMAND-S on bootup. That's it.</p><p></p><p>If you want to secure your system, you need to:</p><p>A) Encrypt super important files with 128-bit or better encryption</p><p>and</p><p>B) Install an Open Firmware password, to disable the above mentioned hotkey</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, encoding a video file is impractical as it would take eons to do it. Only small text files and images are easily encoded. I would however recommend that you install the Open Firmware password, if nothing else. The program to do it can be downloaded from Apple's website.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Osiris22x, post: 31951, member: 3542"] A "fingerprint scanner" isn't going to make your computer anymore secure, especially not a Macintosh. All OS X Macs can be easily accessed without a password, by simply holding down COMMAND-S on bootup. That's it. If you want to secure your system, you need to: A) Encrypt super important files with 128-bit or better encryption and B) Install an Open Firmware password, to disable the above mentioned hotkey Unfortunately, encoding a video file is impractical as it would take eons to do it. Only small text files and images are easily encoded. I would however recommend that you install the Open Firmware password, if nothing else. The program to do it can be downloaded from Apple's website. [/QUOTE]
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