[ltp] Don't trust the kensington lock socket

[Christian Storm]

* Richard Neill <rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk> [08.02.08 05:21]:
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> [..]
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> The wget will fail, but apache will log the source IP address and
> timestamp, and which machine. That should be enough to locate it. Even
> if it's behind DHCP or NAT, law-enforcement can track it.
> 
> Downsides:
>   - it assumes the thief is stupid enough to plug in the lan
>   - it assumes the thief doesn't boot into Windows, or immediately reformat
>   - it assumes the thief boots with lan already connected
>   - genuine owner risks minor privacy loss.

stealing your thinkpad needs some force to rip out the kensington
lock. so maybe you can use hdaps with reasonable settings to alert
you, e.g., via wlan or even a sms if you equip the machine with a umts
card. furthermore, you may also be able trigger some kind of "quick data
erase" to delete your private data on the thinkpad. but then, the
hdaps settings for "theft detection" should be *really* reasonable.
just my spontaneous thoughts..

regards,
    christian