Re: Laptop

[Harold Winshel <winshel () CAMDEN RUTGERS EDU>]

With all due respect, I don't know if there's data to back up that
viewpoint.  Regardless, I wouldn't think I'd want to develop an
encryption model based on that assumption.

At 02:34 PM 6/11/2008, Valdis Kletnieks wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:24:15 PDT, Sarah Stevens said:
> > If lo-jack is BIOS-based, and one has administrative access to the laptop,
> > what stops the person from disabling the software?
>
> Nothing, other than the fact that usually, a laptop is stolen by somebody
> who is just looking for quick cash to finance a drug or alcohol habit. As
> a result, you only have to defend against somebody who has most of their
> neurons chemically inhibited.
>
> Trying to defend a laptop against a targeted attack by somebody who
> has all their neurons and is stealing *that* laptop because they know it
> has sensitive info on it is a lot more difficult...

Harold Winshel
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