Information processing apparatus and information processing method

Abstract

A storage of an information processing apparatus stores data, and stores a password when the password has been set. If an entered password matches the password stored in the storage, an individual PW writer of a PW management unit of a controller performs at least one of data reading processing and data writing processing on the storage. The attachment state determination unit determines whether or not the information processing apparatus has been attached to an attachment target. In the case where the attachment state determination unit determines that the information processing apparatus has been attached to the attachment target, if the password is stored in the storage, the controller changes the password stored in the storage, and if the password is not stored in the storage, the controller stores and sets a new password in the storage.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.