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		GoblinSlayer 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Upcoming Windows 11 builds cannot install without ... To brute force a password, attacker needs full access to the system, guessing the password won't give them more access.

charcircuit 7 months ago [–]

No, they don't. They can clone your hard disk and use a different computer. A TPM based pin makes that approach impossible and you must have access to the system itself.

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