[ltp] Don't trust the kensington lock socket
Chan-Wah Ng
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 8 Feb 2008 12:25:29 +0800
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On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 03:07 +0000, Richard Neill wrote:
Marius Gedminas wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 11:19:18PM +0000, Richard Neill wrote:
>> Some slimebag just stole one of our company laptops, which was an R60e
>> thinkpad, used for video-streaming and transcoding. It was locked to the
>> desk with a kensington lock. The lock itself remains undamaged, and in
>> the locked position, but the thinkpad is missing: the thief quite
>> clearly just ripped it away from the lock, tearing out the socket in the
>> corner of the laptop.
>
> I once saw a short video on YouTube demonstrating how you can open a
> Kensington lock with a roll of toilet paper (no, really!):
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SkKJ4yOKo8
Not good! But this wasn't a failure of the lock: the lock device is
intact, and remains in the secured position. The TP was quite clearly
ripped away from the lock, tearing out the corner of the machine.
The kensington socket was never meant to prevent theft ... it's job is to
deter casual thieves, and prevent the not-so-casual ones from reselling the
laptop (nobody would buy a 2nd-hand laptop that is clearly stolen -- with
the lock socket broken).
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_lock
/rgds
/cwng
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On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 03:07 +0000, Richard Neill wrote:
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<pre><br><font color="#000000">Marius Gedminas wrote:</font><br><font color="#000000">> On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 11:19:18PM +0000, Richard Neill wrote:</font><br><font color="#000000">>> Some slimebag just stole one of our company laptops, which was an R60e</font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> thinkpad, used for video-streaming and transcoding. It was locked to the</font><br><font color="#000000">>> desk with a kensington lock. The lock itself remains undamaged, and in</font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> the locked position, but the thinkpad is missing: the thief quite</font><br><font color="#000000">>> clearly just ripped it away from the lock, tearing out the socket in the</font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> corner of the laptop.</font><br><font color="#000000">> </font><br><font color="#000000">> I once saw a short video on YouTube demonstrating how you can open a</font><br><font color="#000000">> Kensington lock with a roll of toilet paper (no, really!):</font><br>
<font color="#000000">> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SkKJ4yOKo8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SkKJ4yOKo8</a></font><br><br><font color="#000000">Not good! But this wasn't a failure of the lock: the lock device is</font><br>
<font color="#000000">intact, and remains in the secured position. The TP was quite clearly</font><br><font color="#000000">ripped away from the lock, tearing out the corner of the machine.</font><br><br></pre>
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The kensington socket was never meant to prevent theft ... it's job is to deter casual thieves, and prevent the not-so-casual ones from reselling the laptop (nobody would buy a 2nd-hand laptop that is clearly stolen -- with the lock socket broken).<br>
<br>See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_lock">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_lock</a><br><br>/rgds<br>/cwng<br>
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