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BumRushDaShow

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4. I had to use my PIV card to access anything on my government laptop

Reply to Skittles (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 4, 2025, 06:13 AM

Apr 4

AND to work remotely to access the VPN.

My agency bought laptops that had built-in card readers so we had to insert the card in order to even boot the thing past the BIOS screen. There was some program that was coded in the BIOS to require that (the laptops were loaded with a special image of the programs that we used to ensure everything was encrypted). I have been retired for 8 years now and that was the case since back around the early 2010s.

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I want to know how they yank all the access and get it back so quickly Skittles Apr 4 #1

Federal employees were required to have what is called a "PIV" (Personal Identity Verification) card BumRushDaShow Apr 4 #2

I mean access to computers Skittles Apr 4 #3

I had to use my PIV card to access anything on my government laptop BumRushDaShow Apr 4 #4

I sometimes had to use different laptops for different accounts Skittles Apr 4 #5

Yeah for the older laptops we had BumRushDaShow Apr 4 #6

and I NEVER, EVER did personal stuff on ANY of them! Skittles Apr 4 #7

Oh HELLZ to the no. BumRushDaShow Apr 4 #8