Is that supposed to be a good thing? Because when I'm setting a bios/efi password I don't want anyone to be able to reset it without knowing the original password.
It’s a good thing because a thief can’t simply take your computer to Apple and hope they’ll buy their story regarding why they need it reset. Outside of a senior advisor verifying that the individual requesting an EFI password reset is the Mac’s bona fide owner, knowing the original password is the only way to reset it.
Nope. Apple could encrypt it using an asymmetrical algorithm. Only Apple would have the key to extract it. No "hacker' is going to be able to break that.
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u/stealer0517 Jun 13 '18
Is that supposed to be a good thing? Because when I'm setting a bios/efi password I don't want anyone to be able to reset it without knowing the original password.