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Other Something a thief cannot delete or reset a mobile phone

Discussion in 'Software' started by Kovoet, 8 Nov 2013.

  1. Kovoet

    Kovoet What's a Dremel?

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  2. FuzzyOne

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    Pretty sure AVG or Avast can do this too, you can even change the app name and icon to hide it as stock crap for factory flashes
     
  3. loftie

    loftie Multimodder

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    boiled_elephant Merom Celeron 4 lyfe

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    I think if I had one of these lo-jack tools installed I'd end up leaving my phone lying around on purpose, just because it'd be so much fun messing with the person who stole it.
     
  5. murraynt

    murraynt Modder

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    I use Cerberus. If you have root It's it brilliant.
     
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    Nexxo * Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock 'n' Roll

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    If it doesn't blow up and take off the thief's hand, I'm not interested. :p
     
  7. Kovoet

    Kovoet What's a Dremel?

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    Is this the real nexxo
     
  8. Nexxo

    Nexxo * Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock 'n' Roll

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    It this just fantasy?
    Caught in a landslide
    No escape from reality...
     
  9. GuilleAcoustic

    GuilleAcoustic Ook ? Ook !

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    ... Open your eeyyes
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    ... you blown up your haaand, you stoll the wrong telephoooone ..
     
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    jinq-sea 'write that down in your copy book' Super Moderator

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    ...Teelzebub has a devil put aside for me...
     
  11. Atomic

    Atomic Gerwaff

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    Interesting you say that... I once contracted for a defense company and they actually had laptops with Thermite security systems, you did not want to get the password wrong on those!
     
  12. Jumeira_Johnny

    Jumeira_Johnny 16032 - High plains drifter

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    you mean your system doesn't?
     
  13. Nexxo

    Nexxo * Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock 'n' Roll

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    I remember the good old times when the worst a laptop could do is scald your willy...
     
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    jinq-sea 'write that down in your copy book' Super Moderator

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    HOT NUTS! GET YOUR HOT NUTS!
     
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    boiled_elephant Merom Celeron 4 lyfe

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    You know, I thought about this some more and realised that, in this GITMO day and age, it'd be incredibly risky to even own a laptop with any sort of combusting mechanism inside it.

    Say the police raid your house for something unrelated - tax evasion, or whatever. They seize your computer and try to search it for evidence. By law you have to give them the password; if you don't, it's obstruction, which is pretty serious in itself.

    But say they try to circumvent the encyption, and it ignites and burns a hole in their table. Apart from being totally unnecessary (full hardware-level encryption makes a drive essentially impossible to use anyway), they've now got you on trumped-up terrorism charges - you manufactured an incendiary device and concealed it inside an everyday item.

    Also, there's a very good argument to be made for making your machine very accessible and easy to use, and rather than installing highly defensive security just installing very discreet low-level access tools. That way, rather than wiping it, thieves will just use or sell it as is, and you may eventually find your way back into it again:

     
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  17. ferret141

    ferret141 Minimodder

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    I would love to get an add-on like this for my gear. If I can't have it you can't either.
     

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