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NOTEBOOK PC : DREAM

The LowJack Self-Perpetuating Road Warrior
Posted in notebook | October 31, 2008 12pm

This is the continuation of my "Lowjack PC" idea, but now with bells and whistles. One of the things I am most worried about is someone stealing my laptop. It's got ALL my key info on it. I want my PC to know that I'm using it - ie, that it's ME, and not anyone else. Keystroke analysis,camera-based pattern recognition,anyway.... Sure, I can always encrypt, etc. but that is a pain and can be foiled. Key feature is integrated cloud-based mirroring so if this thing is stolen, dropped, etc. I can just get another machine, verify my ID, and BAM, I have the same machine back. I want a computer that knows when it's been stolen, connects to the web, reports it to the authorities (and to me!), knows where it is via GPS (a lowjack PC!) and perhaps, just for fun, it plays with the mind of the person who stole it through subtle system errors (oh, and yes, I want the ability to "tune" these hijinks!)
The key here is to work Road Warrior features into the OS of the machine itself. Not bolted on, but part of the machine's "personality". I think the key to the next generation of machines is to innovate on top of Windows (or the Mac OS, but I'm a realist there), just like folks innovate on top of the "Web OS". This is a netbook, in a way, as well as a notebook, and it's tuned for folks who travel a lot and have a lot of valuable data on their machine. For us, it's not about the machine, it's about the data. Protect it, but not at the expense of flexibility and power!
(Oh, and publicly bust the crook and humiliate him/her on a site like LOLCats).

NOTEBOOK PC : IDEA

LOWJACK PC
Posted in notebook | October 28, 2008 9pm

I want my PC to know that I'm using it - ie, that it's ME, and not anyone else. Maybe it's keystroke analysis? Maybe it's a test it gives from time to time? Maybe it uses its built in camera to pattern match faces? But anyway...One of the things I am most worried about is someone stealing my laptop. Sure, I can always encrypt, etc. but that is a pain and can be foiled. I want a computer that knows when it's been stolen, connects to the web, reports it to the authorities (and to me!), knows where it is (a lowjack PC!) and then starts to play with the mind of the person who stole it!