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01Michael10 on Jan 3, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: What happens if authorities seize your laptop?

Re-imaging your hard drive will not help with BIOS malware. Re-installing the BIOS yourself may help.

Your data should stay at home and a VPN connection to your home PC would be a good first step.

dhimes on Jan 3, 2014 [–]

Is there a reliable backup utility for your BIOS? I've come across this, but don't know how to judge it's viability.

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