Protecting Against the Snatched Laptop Data Theft
Almost two years ago, I wrote about my strategy for encrypting my laptop. One of the things I said was:
There are still two scenarios you aren’t secure against, though. You’re not secure against someone snatching your laptop out of your hands as you’re typing away at the local coffee shop. And you’re not secure against the authorities telling you to decrypt your data for them.
Here’s a free program that defends against that first threat: it locks the computer unless a key is pressed every n seconds.
Honestly, this would be too annoying for me to use, but you’re welcome to try it.
GadgetIdea • June 29, 2009 7:22 AM
External motors on ships have a secuity cable that one attaches to your wrist. If you fall overboard and the cable gets disconected the motor stops.
If one had a program that watches for disconnecting usb devices (small memory sticks for example) or bluetooth connections it would be much more user friendly.