16 May
2006
16 May
'06
11:53 p.m.
On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 11:33:32PM +0100, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
Adam's laptop is a Thinkpad isn't it ?
I have a Thinkpad, Kirsty has a Dell which also has password protected disk security.
If that's the case then the built in Bios/Disk security is pretty strong. The laptop is almost completely useless without a replacement chip or a very convoluted method to reset the secure identifier (which I am NOT going to post on a mailing list)
reusing the drive isn't trivial either
Not saying it's unbreakable, but it's a very very good first step.
Yup, applies to both the Thinkpad and the Dell, of course the Thinkpad is a bit more convoluted than the Dell but both are an excellent first step toward discouraging people from nicking laptops.
Thanks Adam
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