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   kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 16:53:26 JST kaia
   almost accidentally bought Lenovo X13 with bios password lock before I learned one needs an expensive firmware flasher and knowledge how to remove that. someone on fedi probably can do it :LappPeek:
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     Hollow Cанëк (solidsanek@outerheaven.club)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 16:55:31 JST Hollow Cанëк

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     @kaia I had this with a laptop I bought, I just called the person I bought it from and they gave me the password
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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 16:57:48 JST kaia

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     @solidsanek it's through reseller, so I don't think they have it
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     Hollow Cанëк (solidsanek@outerheaven.club)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 17:04:28 JST Hollow Cанëк

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     @kaia Mine was also through a reseller, in fact. They actually contacted the original owner for me, since this person was a regular and would often repair and sell laptops
     
     But I got lucky in that situation, I'd have asked for a refund otherwise
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     ロミンちゃん (romin@shitposter.world)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 17:29:37 JST ロミンちゃん

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     @kaia can't you just remove the coin cell battery to reset bios
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     ForcedInductionRetard (forcedinductionretard@pl.pube.tk)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 17:29:42 JST ForcedInductionRetard

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     @romin @kaia Nope. You could short out the BIOS security chip to bypass it on older Lenovos for what it's worth.
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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 17:30:30 JST kaia

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     @forcedinductionretard @romin
     I read the bios is encrypted with the TPM, but I dunno
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     Nicro (nicro@fedi.absturztau.be)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 18:04:06 JST Nicro

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     @kaia Last I heard, you need to clamp an EEPROM interface to the flash chip, read it, find and blank the password area, flash it back. There is really no fool-safe way for this, since it's more like blindly cracking it. A lot of these are also dumped (or stolen) office inventory.
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     Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸 (natanox@chaos.social)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 18:04:07 JST Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸

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     @solidsanek @kaia Without the financial incentive for the reseller you'd have probably been boned indeed.

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     xinit ☕ (xinit@mastodon.coffee)'s status on Monday, 12-May-2025 18:23:40 JST xinit ☕

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     @kaia Assuming there's no backup password for this device, your best bet might be to find a shop that already has that device. I saw this place come up in Reddit threads: https://www.allservice.ro

     That's a Romanian place, though. Maybe check with local mobile repair shops. They often have some surprising hardware.

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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Tuesday, 13-May-2025 00:22:12 JST kaia

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     @mangeurdenuage bro it's encrypted with the TPM
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     mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius: (mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 13-May-2025 00:22:13 JST mangeurdenuage :gnu: :trisquel: :gondola_head: 🌿 :abeshinzo: :ignucius:

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     @kaia In most cases you just need to create a short.