[ltp] Don't trust the kensington lock socket

[Glenn]

Florian Manschwetus wrote:
> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh schrieb:
>> On Fri, 08 Feb 2008, Chan-Wah Ng wrote:
>>> 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).
>>
>> Maybe, but at least my T43 has the kensington socket in the left metal
>> hinge, so you have to do a bit more than just break a sheet of 
>> plastic to
>> rip it out.  There is plastic over it, but you can clearly see the metal
>> sheet behind the plastic.  It is thin and you can probably bend it 
>> with any
>> sort of leverage, though. :(
>>
>> Also, it is trivial to get a replacement cover or hinge.  Lenovo just 
>> plain
>> screwed up if the kensigton lock on any thinkpad is plastic-only.  It 
>> is bad
>> enough that the one in the T43 is much more plastic than metal, anyway.
>>
>> Kensington should license this false-sense-of-security lock design 
>> only for
>> designs that have at least 1mm of steel in the socket, IMO.  Not that it
>> would make it much safer, but it would be less of a joke.
>>
> Just to unjoke it, my T60 has 2mm steel plate into the kensington lock 
> socket.
> And further more as far as I know the kensington lock damages the 
> system-board so a thinkpad should be heavily damaged when the 
> kensington lock is ripped off.
>
> Florian
Thats very reassuring to know that the asshole that stole my thinkpad 
will end up throwing it in the bin :)

Glenn