[LINK] Remote laptop detection

[Kim Holburn]

If you have to fly with a laptop now they reckon the answer is one of  
these:
http://www.designnews.com/CA6363075.html

It'd probably stop radio too.

On the other hand people tend to leave stuff like laptops and  
handbags in their cars in plain view or they get out of their car and  
put the laptop in the boot while the thieves are watching.

On 2006 Aug 23, at 2:33 PM, Ivan Trundle wrote:
> Read an interesting speculative article about laptop thefts from  
> vehicles in Malaysia, which hinted that thieves are able to detect  
> the RF signal (or something else) emanating from the laptops  
> internal clock, or possibly an RFID signal, or bluetooth, IR, or  
> the battery, or whatever. Wake on LAN? Detection of lithium ion  
> trace material?
>
> Anyone care to speculate on how this is possible? Given that  
> laptops are virtually impossible to switch off completely (sleep,  
> yes; unplug the battery, yes - but the internal CMOS battery?),  
> what steps should laptop users take to avoid detection and possible  
> theft?
>
> Or is this just an urban myth, and that thieves simply stake out  
> the victim (or victim's car) beforehand?

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