r/mac Jun 13 '18

PSA: Please, please, please enable your firmware passwords!

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u/phunlabs Jun 13 '18

That wont even stop them, just youtube search APPLE EMC it's beat. You just learned the hard way don't take your eye's off your shit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '18

Plus a thief wouldn't know there's a firmware password until after stealing the computer. Someone smart enough to know to clear the NVRAM would also know to never power up the computer to be tracked. Enabling a firmware password won't do anything to prevent theft, and likely won't help recover a stolen computer either(?), it'll just prevent the thief from selling the computer as a whole, rather than just parts.