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Sidney 31st August 2004 17:33

Wireless PC Lock
 
There are any number of business and educational computing situations - and some home ones, too - when it's a really good idea to lock your workstation in one way or another if you're walking away from it for a while.

Mischief, industrial espionage, invasion of privacy; all kinds of bad things can happen when you leave a computer logged in and wander off.

Lots of schools and businesses tell users to log off before they leave; the trick is coming up with strong enough encouragement to get them to actually do it. Password-protected screen savers set to cut in after one lousy minute are far from unheard of.

Give people complicated passwords, though, and they'll write them on a Post-It note and stick them to the monitor. Users who think they're clever will stick the Post-It to the underside of their desk. And the nosey guy at the next desk will be able to shoulder surf the password, anyway; there's no need for him to even bother with nefarious devices.

Because passwords are such a pain...........

http://dansdata.com/pclock.htm


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