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Originally Posted by mwillman
The best way to protect the hardware is to not leave it alone where it can be stolen.
Any lock can be bypassed by a good thief.
Heres a funny story related to security.
We had 7 notebooks stolen from my company on one day once. Well one of the people that had lost their notebook got a call from a locksmith asking if she knew anything about these notebooks that this guy had brought into the locksmiths shop.
She of course told him that they were stolen and so they called the cops and set up a sting on the guy. He was caught and all the notebooks where returned.
The lessen is if you do steal notebooks clear out all the business cards in them before going to the locksmith.  |
The first statement is the
mantra for the nb user. The second is also true, except that you don't need to be a good one. sometimes, however, it's impossible for some people to not leave them alone. i never did, but i don't use my notebook outdoors that often...
However, i believe people commonly think wrong about locks. Don't be fooled (not you guys, but others), it won't avoid a theft. They
are good to "call atention" for your notebook when it's beeing stolen (edited: not "noise", but also suspicious moves by the thief), so a good soul can take some action, because if someone just take your nb normally (appearing as the real owner), that doesn't get much attention from others' eyes, don't you think?
edit: about the story, that's why i say that you need to be smart for everything on your life, even if you're not smart, hehe
