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they snatched his computer while it he was using it - open and unlocked
by fnord77 7y ago
they snatched his computer while it he was using it - open and unlocked
- refurb 7y agoIndeed. My point is he had full disk encryption and password at boot and it didn’t stop the govt from accessing his data.
- tyingq 7y agoIt was logged in and running when they snatched it. Hence why a breakaway mag connector and dead-man shutdown script might have been helpful.
- bravoetch 7y agoIn this case that may not have been useful, assuming law enforcement knows about the cord. Law enforcement will plug in a mouse jiggler (simulated moving USB mouse), having the script detect rogue USB devices and shutting down at that moment would add another layer of protection. I saw that solution a few years back... Maybe this works doubly well for devices with USB and USB-c power connections now... Since law enforcement try to keep power running on machines seized in this way.
- tyingq 7y agoHow would they know about the cord? Or something more stealthy, like Bluetooth? I don't think a mouse jiggler would help. A dead-man script would force a fast, ungraceful OS halt. Maybe after emptying some caches and wiping memory.
- mikeryan 7y agoI think most MacBook Pros have some accelerometer functions you can access. I wonder if you could create a util to detect if your laptop was picked up and automatically log you out.