tgdaily.com— You lost your notebook? You are worried about the data that might be exposed. No problem: Kill the notebook with a text message...
Nov 25, 2008View in Crawl 4
I am kinda of confused on which customer base this would be for? people with sensitive data that might be stolen or people with expensive laptops that might be stolen. seems like there are simple workarounds in both cases. People that want the data can just not power up the laptop and transfer the drive or even platters to a new laptop/desktop and retireive the data.People that want the laptop itself can just buy a new HD for a a fairly lowprice and more then recoup the investment when pawning/selling it.
Did anyone the similar blurb in Fortune last month:A 28-year-old software developer named Robert Kao jumped on a makeshift stage and plugged his BlackBerry into the overhead projector to demo a new software program. A hundred guys (and two women) chugged Coronas while Kao explained how his homing software could track lost phones, back up content, and, with the click of a button, obliterate all your e-mails and phone numbers. Think Lojak for your phone. Before he finished, a venture capitalist in the front row piped up, “I’ll fund you.”
Well you could have some kinda rolling code based on time of the day etc based on stored random tables, which only the PC and the "Deletion service" has. Plenty of ways to make it work elegantly, the real thing is whether people have thought through the issues and done a half-assed job or a bullet-proof one.
imfrakkinitNov 26, 2008
So a Chinese company has the ability to knock out several million laptops with one simple method. Sounds great.
tech42erNov 26, 2008
What if he drops his laptop?
jayd16Nov 26, 2008
You need to know what his laptop looks like...those are the rules.
sinrtbNov 26, 2008
I am kinda of confused on which customer base this would be for? people with sensitive data that might be stolen or people with expensive laptops that might be stolen. seems like there are simple workarounds in both cases. People that want the data can just not power up the laptop and transfer the drive or even platters to a new laptop/desktop and retireive the data.People that want the laptop itself can just buy a new HD for a a fairly lowprice and more then recoup the investment when pawning/selling it.
agretNov 27, 2008
Course he doesn't have a girlfriend, what did you think the * meant?
michaelfranDec 1, 2008
Did anyone the similar blurb in Fortune last month:A 28-year-old software developer named Robert Kao jumped on a makeshift stage and plugged his BlackBerry into the overhead projector to demo a new software program. A hundred guys (and two women) chugged Coronas while Kao explained how his homing software could track lost phones, back up content, and, with the click of a button, obliterate all your e-mails and phone numbers. Think Lojak for your phone. Before he finished, a venture capitalist in the front row piped up, “I’ll fund you.”
pihaFeb 19, 2009
Well you could have some kinda rolling code based on time of the day etc based on stored random tables, which only the PC and the "Deletion service" has. Plenty of ways to make it work elegantly, the real thing is whether people have thought through the issues and done a half-assed job or a bullet-proof one.