Thanks to everyone for the comments. Let me say, lest I'm taken to be even more clueless than I am, that I am aware that live CDs and alternative users are no real protection. They will probably work as a signal that I'd prefer my data not to be browsed, though, and that's enough for me, I think. M On 09/21/12 at 12:26am, Calvin Morrison wrote:
I just had my x220 repaired at a small place. I told them I used linux exclusively and that I didn't want to give out my password. They understood and everything went ok.
Typically they just want your password to verify that everything works and maybe to run a quick system cleanup which is very common. In my case I was having part of the screen fixed and obviously did not need it.
this is a good time to keep a small windows installation handy but empty and just sent the grub default 2 windows when you are going to the shop On Sep 20, 2012 9:55 PM, "Manolo Martínez" <manolo@austrohungaro.com> wrote:
On 09/20/12 at 10:46pm, Martín Cigorraga wrote:
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Ralf Mardorf < ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net>wrote:
On Thu, 2012-09-20 at 20:38 -0400, Manolo Martínez wrote: Do you create a new user for them, you
give them your user and password and hope for the best, ask them to use a live CD? What?
WHAT? You can't be so naive dude, I would promptly give my life than my pwd!!! Which reminds me: http://xkcd.com/538/
Yep, that's why I was asking. I think I'll just create another user for them. This will at least protect my files from casual browsing. Although Ralf's probably right they don't give a rat's ass.
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