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Eurodivergent @kunstmuell.bsky.social

I can’t believe it. Former employer said they would remote wipe my laptop, and let me keep it as a gift. What they have managed to do is totally BRICK IT and now I have an unusable laptop I will have to pay to repair or dispose of. So utterly typical!

aug 29, 2025, 7:24 pm • 0 0

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Bill Hulley @billhulley.bsky.social

Oh have they revoked the bitlocker keys in a stupid way?

aug 29, 2025, 7:26 pm • 0 0 • view
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Eurodivergent @kunstmuell.bsky.social

No, he tried to wipe the disc from the current installation rather than downloading a new clean install I’m going to have to get a USB stick and create a bootable drive

aug 29, 2025, 8:08 pm • 1 0 • view
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Bill Hulley @billhulley.bsky.social

Oh phew. I’ve heard it’s possible to remote brick beyond recovery some laptops with strict TPM and secureboot.

aug 29, 2025, 8:11 pm • 1 0 • view