As I'm always wandering about town with my laptop, I'm rather concerned about
it being stolen (i.e. growing legs and walking away when I turn my back). I
have a Kensington lock to use but that's not always a feasible option. Right
now I am using the BIOS's password option and a strong Linux password which
basically means if someone did steal the laptop it would be useless, even if
they swapped the hard drive or inserted a floppy. Unfortunately, this also
means it has no real value to the crook and they would probably just toss it in
the trash and move on.
I've heard several stories of people tracking their stolen laptops down after
an installed client like Seti/DES/etc. phoned in with results. Just wondering
what other people are doing. Would it be "safer" to do this (or a custom daemon
that silently dials up if a pass program isn't run) and just leave the BIOS
password off? Are there any other solutions out there that you like? Just an
informal survey.
Adrian
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- I just tried this on my old Packard Bell 486/66 w/4MB (Hey ...
- shut-up! I was young, ignorant, and didn't know anything about
- hardware or quality manufacturers.).
