Computer Security is a myth. I put it in the same arena as the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, or 2 in binary. Why do I have to keep telling people this? I put some of the blame on the techno boogey man that the press keeps pushing on us. Yet, I think most people have trouble with one Idea above all. Security is about use and technology is no different.
One of the few products I suggest is the simple cable lock. They work on everything ranging from laptops to towers and monitors. The fact that I am typing on my laptop is proof it the cable locks work. I was on the south-side of Indy and some low life tried to steal my laptop. I had gone to the bathroom for a minute. According to a witness, the guy came up to my stuff within seconds of me entering the bathroom. Picked up my laptop and started to move away with it. He no more than turned around and noticed that a chair was attached to the laptop. The would be thief was described as disgusted when set down that laptop. Then he scuttled off. Why did he not take my laptop? Well people that try and walk out of a Panera Bread with a chair are noticed and a chair is hard to fit in the trunk. Why was he disgusted? It was hard and stealing is a crime of opportunity not intelligence. A few weeks after the attempt on my laptop one was stolen. A woman had a netbook stolen when she got a coffee refill.
What makes a cable lock? First, how does it attach? If it is flimsy or lose the thief will just pry it off. Second what kind of lock is it? Is it integrated, combination, and/ or key? Integration is king. If you can separate the locking mechanism and the lock they will be, though that conversation is an article unto its self. When it comes to combo or key, there is no advantage either way. I have so many combos and passwords to remember I avoid them where I can, yet that is a preference. One holds no advantage over the other. The third and greatest thing is using it. The lady that had here laptop stolen had a cable lock with but did not use it.
In short, crimes are often crimes of opportunities. Why give the opportunities?
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