FrozenCPU.com :: Product :: Wireless PC Lock (KW-101)

Link: FrozenCPU.com :: Product :: Wireless PC Lock (KW-101). I promised to report back to you after I received the Wireless PC lock from FrozenCPU. I got it, and it is easy to use and works very well. The USB key plugs in to any available USB port, and you carry a small round black keychain like dongle, that contains a 3V button cell battery. Press it and it starts sending a signal to the USB key. It looks a little like the blinking light on a Bluetooth earset. If you walk away from the computer, the computer goes into locked mode, and only someone with the password or the transmitter can bring it up again. I don't use it every day, but for situations where you are moving around a room full of people, this little guy would be perfect for keeping your information secure without having to carry the laptop with you all the time. Or, if you are in an office, you can plug it into your work computer, and wander around the halls to your heart's content. Of course, you should be at your desk, doing productive work, now shouldn't you?

Comments

[Patryk Sielski]

Unfortunately, the radio transmission has no encryption it's quite easy to catch the transmission ans send it back to the computer. Look at the transmission:

http://usprawnienia.wordpress.com/files/2006/02/PCLock.gif

Now I'm going to make a sniffing device ;-)

[Dave]

I'm only going by the product description but it seems to me even if it does pick up the signal from the button thing all it does it pop up a password prompt. So u still need to know the password.

All i can think is that its basically a screensaver with password that is the equivalent of having it on a really quick timer.