Marc Tobias played laptop thief one recent evening, showing how easily several leading anti-theft devices can be defeated using such simple materials as a ballpoint-pen barrel, a thin piece of plastic ...

I have been Contributing Editor at one of the biggest selling UK computer magazines, PC Pro, since the first issue back in 1994. Look around the web and you’ll find no end of security locks for your ...

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September 29, 2007 Until now most laptop security systems have either physically secured the laptop or helped track it down once it’s been lost or stolen. The STOP-Lock from security manufacturer ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an investigative attorney and physical security specialist. This is the first in a two-part series about the current state of ...

Don’t want your laptop computer to wander off with a thief? The solution is often to tie it down to a heavy piece of furniture, but the annoyance of many locks means that most users don’t bother.

A USB cable and some scripting can save sensitive data on your laptop from grab-and-go thieving situations when working in a public place. Linux system administrator and software engineer Michael ...