The irony is that these are relatively expensive business machines unlikely to be bought by many consumers who might benefit most from the new technology. One short-term problem is that the chip has only made its way into a limited number of machines, including a small number of X-Series laptops from Lenovo and a couple of Fujitsu Lifebooks. Removing the hard disk makes no difference. If stolen, a user alerts Absolute which issues a remote command that puts the machine into a locked state which makes it impossible to boot or access the OS, or even get at encryption keys if these are being used.Īt this point, the thinking goes, the laptop has become of no economic value and is more likely to be abandoned.
Intel's new ATT chipset simply embeds the technology further, adding the consumer-friendly remote locking feature.
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This increases security by making it extremely difficult for the criminal to circumvent the LoJack software agent upon which the tracking depends. LoJack has been available on any laptop, including Apple Macs, for some time, though the company recommends users pair it with a more limited selection of machines supporting its own BIOS. "Losing a laptop is like losing a wallet." "Many consumers don't back up data on a frequent basis so when we wipe data it is gone for good," said Absolute Software's Stephen Midgley.
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