Re: Laptop

[Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks () VT EDU>]

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...

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