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    Honeypot security!

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by woofer00, Mar 24, 2011.

  1. woofer00

    woofer00 Wanderer

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    Just had an odd thought - what are your thoughts on leaving a laptop visibly insecure, where in reality it's a honeypot that calls home and/or IDs it's IP on command?

    The thought came to me while reading an article about people recovering their stolen computers by tracking IPs and other info. The idea is to leave the OS itself unprotected, while all your data would in fact be encrypted and/or secured in some fashion. The thief could power on and tool around in the OS while your laptop is calling home. Personally, I see a password-locked laptop as a laptop that will probably get wiped, while a less secure machine would be used with wiping, while [x] program is silently active.

    Thoughts?
     
    woofer00, Mar 24, 2011
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  2. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I would even try to let a laptop visibly left to be stolen, no matter what.
     
    DetlevCM, Mar 26, 2011
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