On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 19:54 +0100, Adam Bower wrote:
Does your laptop not have ide disk password support?, this can effectively lock an ide disk until you supply the correct password.
Yeah, it has this... but getting around that would be pretty easy I would think. It's like unlocking a mobile phone, it's trivial for the people who know how (and there are plenty of people who know how). Same with a BIOS password. With encryption, the data itself would be much safer.
It's not like I've got anything there of national security or anything, but that's not the point... It's my data, and I want it safe, y'know?
Anyone trying to boot one of the laptops here will end up with a screen with my email address and phone number and be asked for a password, if they can't unlock the disk I guess they can throw it in the bin and replace it, but of course i've also got passwords on the bios of the laptop so they'd have to dismantle the laptop to reset the bios passwords there too. All designed to annoy people who might want my laptop and to increase the chances i might see it again (and at least the data is /reasonably/ safe) Of course, there might be other traps on this kit too ;)
Having the e-mail and phone number on the main screen is pretty neat. I don't think my laptop has this, sadly.
Regards, Richard.