full-disclosure - RE: laptop security

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From: dcopley at eeye.com (Drew Copley)
Subject: RE: laptop security

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gadi Evron [mailto:ge@...tistical.reprehensible.net] 
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 12:27 AM
> To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
> Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Subject: laptop security
> 
> I think this may interest some people here.
> 
> I always say, whenever laptops are mentioned: "Forget 
> everything else, I
> have nightmares already!".
> 
> The loss of information due to laptop thefts is extremely 
> high, here is
> an innovation that may possibly be as useless as car theft alarms
> (unless you are nearby and didn't leave the laptop in the 
> car), but it's
> a good start. This may actually be useful.
> 
> What I'd like to see is a GPS device with wireless communication to my
> cell phone. It can be a quiet indicator, or perhaps ring when it is
> being moved.. or even when I move too far away from it.

That would be useful.

As you probably know, this is already the optimum system for trackers on
cars.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=gsm+gps+car+t
racker





> 
> You can find the article at:
> http://www.canada.com/vancouver/story.html?id=511952d3-89a0-4a
> 03-a092-be29eaeb346f
> 
> 	Gadi Evron.
> 
> 
>