Re: Of course it can be disabled in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22167099 en Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:16:09 EDT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:16:09 EDT Re: Of course it can be disabled http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22172585 dfxmatt : of course security is meaningless. You have physical access to the device! Not to mention if they disable it when contract changes/you refuse the change, they'll have a huge legal issue on their hands.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22172585 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:12:04 EDT Re: Of course it can be disabled http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22169165 uid1307457 :
said by vpoko See Profile :

Like anything else, I'm sure a determined user could defeat it.
x2]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22169165 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:27:01 EDT Re: Of course it can be disabled http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22168070 nitzan :
said by Nightshade See Profile :

Couldn't you disable the internal modem and buy a external non-Ericsson modem to use?
Probably. Just yank it out, replace, end of story.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22168070 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:30:34 EDT Re: Of course it can be disabled http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22167411 insomniac84 :
said by Logan 5 See Profile :

said by patcat88 See Profile :

I'm sure the BIOS will be interlocked with the card. Remove the card, BIOS won't boot.
Unless you have either:

a.) Worked for Ericson
or
b.) Done this yourself

You are doing nothing more then guessing/hoping that this is actually the case.
If it's not the case, the security is meaningless.

And if it is the case you can replace the motherboard. Granted if you are after corporate information you would probably only want the hard drive anyways.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22167411 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:41:58 EDT Re: Of course it can be disabled http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22167370 Logan 5 :
said by patcat88 See Profile :

I'm sure the BIOS will be interlocked with the card. Remove the card, BIOS won't boot.
Unless you have either:

a.) Worked for Ericson
or
b.) Done this yourself

You are doing nothing more then guessing/hoping that this is actually the case.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22167370 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:33:13 EDT Re: Of course it can be disabled http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22167165 patcat88 :
said by keyboard5684 See Profile :

Remove the modem?

Sounds to simple to work.
I'm sure the BIOS will be interlocked with the card. Remove the card, BIOS won't boot.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22167165 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:59:18 EDT Re: Of course it can be disabled http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22167099 keyboard5684 : Remove the modem?

Sounds to simple to work.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22167099 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:50:58 EDT Re: Of course it can be disabled http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22166994 insomniac84 :
said by NetAdmin See Profile :

said by Nightshade See Profile :

Couldn't you disable the internal modem and buy a external non-Ericsson modem to use?
For this to work, the Netbook would have to receive notification that the owner's account is past due and to do that, it would need to connect to the network. So, yes, disabling the modem should prevent this from working, unless Ericsson made it so that the user can't disable the modem.
Physically damage the modem, or use a jammer.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22166994 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:34:19 EDT Re: Of course it can be disabled http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22166619 NetAdmin :
said by Nightshade See Profile :

Couldn't you disable the internal modem and buy a external non-Ericsson modem to use?
For this to work, the Netbook would have to receive notification that the owner's account is past due and to do that, it would need to connect to the network. So, yes, disabling the modem should prevent this from working, unless Ericsson made it so that the user can't disable the modem.
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"This is a bus. You know how big a bus is?"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22166619 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:35:15 EDT Re: Of course it can be disabled http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22166360 Nightshade : Couldn't you disable the internal modem and buy a external non-Ericsson modem to use?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22166360 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:47:35 EDT Of course it can be disabled http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22166308 vpoko : Like anything else, I'm sure a determined user could defeat it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22166308 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:40:03 EDT