webdoctor - 9:00 am on Oct 23, 2009 (gmt 0)

How strange are these cousins? :-)

One of the 10 Immutable Laws of Security [technet.microsoft.com] states that "If a bad guy has unrestricted physical access to your computer, it's not your computer anymore"

All they'd need would be five minutes alone at your Windows PC - and this linux-based boot CD <delinked> - and there's a good chance they could reset your Administrator password and have total control of your PC - locking you out into the bargain!

Alternatively they could bring a USB drive with them and simply clone your hard drive onto their drive - then they can take a copy of all your data away to peruse at their leisure.

Am I paranoid? Maybe...

[edited by: bill at 2:28 am (utc) on Nov. 2, 2009]
[edit reason] Removed link to CD [/edit]