http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/ Engadget Comments for Lenovo ThinkPads to freeze when texted, deter thieves from getting the goods http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/Nov 25th 2008 3:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/Nov 25th 2008 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/
See, there are little things like this which cause me to love this site. ]]>Nov 25th 2008 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/Nov 25th 2008 5:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/
Anyway, this is a neat idea. But I put my trust in Truecrypt.]]>Nov 25th 2008 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/Nov 25th 2008 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/Nov 25th 2008 3:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/Nov 25th 2008 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/Nov 25th 2008 3:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/
Sony would design lid artwork to advertise it]]>Nov 25th 2008 3:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/
Further protection: don't leave your laptop unattended.]]>Nov 25th 2008 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/Nov 25th 2008 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/
How is this better/more effective than the power on password that you normally set up on your Lenovo laptop through the BIOS?]]>Nov 25th 2008 4:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/]]>Nov 25th 2008 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/Nov 25th 2008 4:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/
Good thing I don't have to worry about that. Vista "shuts down" randomly via BSOD a number of times a day!

And people say Vista lacks security features...]]>Nov 25th 2008 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/
UR laptop Sucks!
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...although your last line was a nice twist on it--it was refreshing like a squeeze of lemon into iced-water.]]>Nov 25th 2008 5:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/Nov 25th 2008 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/
If it explodes on the thief: PWNED.

If it explodes on the thief's customer: Well, given how cheap that laptop already was, that'd be the ultimate "bang for your buck".]]>Nov 25th 2008 5:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/
That's exactly what the world needs. Have an idea of how to incorporate some uranium into that?]]>Nov 25th 2008 5:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/Nov 25th 2008 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/Nov 25th 2008 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/Nov 25th 2008 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/Nov 25th 2008 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/Nov 25th 2008 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/
or

Removing the WWAN/SIM card from the unit...

Bottom line, if you have something important on your computer, and someone is smart enough or willing enough to want it, give it time, and they will get it.

Or how about when ever I steal a computer I bring it back to my evil lair which has a GSM Signal blocking transmitter]]>Nov 25th 2008 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/Nov 25th 2008 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/
And if they pull the disk out and plug it into another computer, all they see is garbage.]]>Nov 25th 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/Nov 25th 2008 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/25/lenovo-thinkpads-to-freeze-when-texted-deter-thieves-from-gettin/
You think they're really going to care whether these things get disabled? And/or if it goes to Africa, you think this whole remote-disable thing is going to work across the world?

This will stop people like the University of Florida's moronic backup quarterback (who recently stole, painted, used, and then disposed of a classmate's notebook), but for the pros, this doesn't mean anything.
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sure, it's a neat function and my data will be protected, but the chances of me getting it back are slim. i think it would be better to have embedded A-GPS fitted into the laptop as an additional feature. that way i can track down my lost/stolen machine (and kick some ass if needed) instead of having a disabled machine wandering around somewhere out there.]]>Nov 26th 2008 7:27PM