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Phoenix Unveils Anti-Theft BIOS

Posted by timothy on from the phoning-home dept.

linuxwrangler writes "According to articles at PC World, c|net, Internet Week and elsewhere, Phoenix Technology is introducing a new BIOS-based anti-theft system. Every time a TheftGuard equipped machine connects to the internet it pings a server at Phoenix which can instruct the machine to wipe its hard drive, report its location or disable itself. Given that most people don't want to have their every movement tracked and don't want someone else to have the power to wipe their drives, Phoenix figures that corporate clients are the prime customer. I just wonder who is liable when a company sells a surplus laptop on eBay but gets their inventory control screwed up and reports it as stolen..."

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  1. LINUX IS TEH GH3Y by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    TITZ

  2. I am Zee new Troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Trolla lalla ding dong !
    Mod me as a troll or else ...

  3. Re:Replaceable Bios by Gizzmonic · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Guy? Is that you? Dude, you were the best Green Lantern ever!

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    (-1, Raw and Uncut is the only way to read)
  4. Re:Shortly after the BIOS was unveiled by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LUPIN!!!!!

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    ...that was the correct plural of "virus".

  6. But what we really want to know is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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