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xkcd #2869: Puzzles (imgs.xkcd.com)

https://xkcd.com/2869

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Why couldn't the amulet have been hidden by Aunt Alice, who understands modern key exchange algorithms?

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[-] tiramichu@lemm.ee 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Same with Windows 95 and Windows 98. Those operating systems were not really designed with a proper concept of 'user accounts'

The password box wasn't supposed to prevent system access, it was to capture user credentials for networking, like remote fileshare access.

Pressing escape is just choosing to continue anonymously.

[-] yuriy@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

I believe even as far as XP and maybe 7 you could just make a new user account with admin privileges by creating it through command prompt and changing a single flag. I used this to get unfettered access to the remote hard drive server in high school and stole other people’s homework.

It’s no wonder I ended up going the GED route lmao

[-] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 2 points 6 months ago

Yes, but getting to the cmd, you have to replace C:/windows/system32/utilman.exe with cmd.exe on 7+.

[-] yuriy@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I believe I wrote all the commands sequentially in a batch file because some well intentioned IT person blocked access to cmd, but had no restrictions for creating/executing .bat

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