Protecting against physical attack is difficult. Where will the laptop be, will it ever be unwatched in public? Consider a Kensington lock, though if someone is

Protecting against physical attack is difficult. Where will the laptop be, will it ever be unwatched in public? Consider a Kensington lock, though if someone is after your data then they won't mind breaking it off. What type of media work is this? What rights are you afraid of losing, and who to? If you're worried about rights you can realistically lose (ie overreaching local police, NSA) they will take away your rights, then not be able to use that evidence in court. They still know everything they learnt. General paranoid security applies here too - be wary what you open, where you go, what plugins you have. One idea for being absurdly paranoid is to have PXE internet boot that requires passwords at several stages, which could then allow you access to your own cloud service.