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		newnewpdro on June 14, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple to Close iPhone Security Hole That Police Us... There's a substantial difference between grub password protection, a feature which I've never seen anyone use in practice and the ubiquitous login prompt. The OP specifically said the login prompt was defeated by backspacing alone.

stevekemp on June 14, 2018 [–]

Reminds me of the bug in Solaris where you could get root by essentially pressing entering a username and mashing the keyboard a bit:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/muc.lists.bugtraq/5zYU...

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