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Maybe some kind of NFC device that you could wear so that the computer would lock/unlock when you were near it ?
by ig1 13y ago
Maybe some kind of NFC device that you could wear so that the computer would lock/unlock when you were near it ?
- Torn 13y agoThat could be stolen though.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoGlue it to the wheelchair. If someone steals that, he has worse problems.
- callahad 13y agoBut would a casual laptop theif think to check escapologybb's pockets? Well, OK, a mugger might, but would they recognize little fob thing as something of import that must be close to the computer?
- TheCraiggers 13y agoI'm not sure they would care. I don't know thta much about Macs, but my assumption is that you can do a format/reinstall just like any other computer. Or, you know, just fence it.
- nanofortnight 13y agoNFC would be excellent, but if Bluetooth-enabled phone is all you have: http://lifehacker.com/how-to-make-your-smartphone-automatically-unlock-your-s-510592193 http://lifehacker.com/how-to-make-your-smartphone-automatica...
- tehwebguy 13y agoIf access to another device is just as problematic then a 13.56mhz MIFARE RFID sticker could do the trick with a Sonmicro USB RIFD reader. The interface could just be a python script reading for serial over USB. I built some Raspberry Pi based RFID terminals that ran a python script in a loop, no problems running them for days on end. That's the extent to which I know, someone else would have to chime in on exactly how to interface the script with access control.
- silverlight 13y agoSomething like this? http://www.map-pin.com/tokenlock-home/ http://www.map-pin.com/tokenlock-home/
- escapologybb 13y agoThat would be perfect, but instead of wearing it I could have something implanted in my arm for instance; and I would definitely notice of somebody tried to steal the tag!
- ivanca 13y agoPlus just tell the theft that it's something helps you breath, if he continues stealing it you can raise charges against him for attempted murder!
- X4 13y agoWhat do you think about biometric Voice fingerprints? Instead of voice-recognition. . ---going further--- Then just encrypt the home folder's contents on a file-basis & sync it with a privately owned server. This improves the chances of data-recoverability on crashes or on filesystem corruption. Add a kill-switch toggle that erases all important files on the mac on 5 unsuccessful login attempts, and enables surveillance mode permanently using different tracking software (prey-project for example).
- escapologybb 13y agoI'm really curious about this, I would be open to doing it but I have no idea how to go about implementing something like this! Could you expand a little or point me at some resources, that would be great thanks :-)
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- X4 13y agoThere's a demo of a commercial implementation in an earlier post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6058447 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6058447 But here are opensource solutions: http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Fingerprinting http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Fingerprinting http://echoprint.me/ http://echoprint.me/ http://www.politepix.com/openears/ http://www.politepix.com/openears/ http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net/wiki/ http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net/wiki/