[ale] bypassing fingerprint scan to install Linux on laptop

[Preston Boyington]

Jim Kinney wrote:
> It requires disassembly of the machine to access the bios chip and a 
> pair of unlabeled pins that deactivate the bios scanner need. Normally 
> this is done with the supervisor BIOS password and the hardware hack is 
> dubious at best.
> 
> I bet I know what it was donated.

this is pretty much what i saw from my searches too.  afterwards you 
will use a password instead of the scanner.  i had wondered if flashing 
the BIOS after disabling the scanner would reset it to a "factory" state.

worst case, if you can find the person who donated it and get them to 
drink from a glass (which you then carefully procure) you can create a 
copy of their fingerprints and steal the Declaration of Independence!