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I'm not clear on how this is in any way superior to a digital locking system. A mechanical lock can be picked in a minimal amount of time but a digital security system can detect that an attempt has been made on it and lock down or alert an administrator. The only real protection provided is to prevent a stranger from opening your laptop, finding that it is password protected and then, what, spilling their coffee in the keyboard? Because no thief has ever picked a mechanical lock before, or produced a duplicate key. |
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//digital lock// I doubt most laptop thieves care about data; the drive just gets blown away before it goes to the pawn shop or whatever. I also doubt that most petty opportunistic thieves would carry a set of keys around with them, or be schooled in lockpicking: I'm envisioning a decent-sized key & lock, not quite as large as a house key. |
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thief steals laptop. thief picks lock in privacy. |
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and... so what ? He doesn't have the keys to present to the next owner. And the same could be said for briefcase locks. |
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The purpose of the lock is to look neat. |
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If it looked all steampunky and had a skeleton key it would be nice. |
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Wrought iron hasps and a big rusty padlock would be better. |
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Why not laptop-in-ancient-briefcase. It would have a
non-functional rusty lock built in, larger than usual
screen, and old typewriter keyboard together with
the carriage return and bing. |
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I'm trying to figure out whether you mean the sound or the
search engine. Either one is funny. |
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