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how about an rfid device that simply locks the computer when you're more than a few feet away?

• saboot 12y ago
  If you are under surveillance it's likely they would have observed this already. Don't assume they would go beyond removing all of your valuables and clothes right then and there if they thought this setup was in place. Some of the above methods can still be broken. Requiring a face present? Why not just print a big blowup photo and quickly insert in front of camera? There are smart people getting around security.
  • Pinatubo 12y ago
    It's hard to imagine they could simultaneously arrest and restrain a guy, while keeping him within 3 feet of his laptop, while preventing him from shutting the lid or locking the computer. Falling to the floor would be enough to break the connection and lock the computer.
  • MichaelGG 12y ago
    If they're already in your house, then it's probably game over. Otherwise it should not be detectable to a third party observer that you have a small transmitter in your wrist bracelet.
• marincounty 12y ago
  That's not a bad idea. You could use some kind of USB dongle connected to a wearable? Once you walk away from computer it takes a picture of the screen( looks like nothing is changed), but the computer immediately locks down everything except what's currently on the screen. Only a password along with the wearable would unlock it? (It's probally not easily feasible, but it doesn't sound impossible?) "Oh, I scratched my head, and my computer hard drive shut down."
  • tokenizerrr 12y ago
    You could have something attached to your belt and keep the laptop on your lap. A gpg smartcard would do well, probably.