Kensington Laptop Locks Not So Secure

eric434 writes "According to a security alert released by Security.Org, the Kensington laptop lock that many of us use and love isn't secure. In fact, it can be opened in 30 seconds after about a minute of practice with a $1 worth of equipment. (A Bic pen, and a pair of scissors. In the interest of giving people some time to stop using the locks, the actual method of opening the lock is left up to the reader.) To make matters worse, Kensington's 'We'll give you $1500 if someone steals your laptop' guarantee doesn't apply -- because the process of opening the lock doesn't damage the lock or cable." Mind the source, though -- security.org wouldn't mind selling you a book on locks and safes.

Comments

Doom 3?

[Cryptnotic]

What would you want that for?

Re:I have one as a deterant

[jbltk]

OH SHIT!

TOU FUCKING CHE!

That's a three pointer for you.

Re:(OFFTOPIC)How to make the warranty work for you

[sparrow_hawk]

Megatokyo? Do you have one of those blue 'Miho in the snow' blankets you'd like to sell to me? (I'm in .au)

In regards to your sig -- IIRC, the Kimiko blanket was blue, and the Miho blanket was black. (See the old store at the Internet Archive.) I'm afraid I don't have one, although I wish I did. Here's hoping Fred will add them to the new store soon!

Re:(OFFTOPIC)How to make the warranty work for you

[B747SP]

IIRC, the Kimiko blanket was blue, and the Miho blanket was black

Thanks, I had a sneaking feeling that I had that mixed up. I have the black Miho blanket - the Aussie dollar was in much better shape while the black one was available than back when the blue one was. Once I realised what a nice blanket it was, I wished I'd not held back, and instead bought both of them!

Hey look, .signature updates on slashdot are retrospective!

Re:(OFFTOPIC)How to make the warranty work for you

[sparrow_hawk]

You're welcome.

Oh, how I wish I could get one of those blankets -- but, of course, by the time Fred mentioned that the blankets wouldn't be in the new store, they were already out of stock at ThinkGeek.

WE NEED BLANKETS! YOU HEAR ME, FRED? MEGATOKYO READERS EVERYWHERE DEMAND BLANKETS!!!

:)

Re:1500 dollers

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow, the US of A actually has a foreign policy?

Yeah, and it only consists of two letters:

F. U.

Re:(OFFTOPIC)How to make the warranty work for you

[B747SP]

Now, if all slashdotters everywhere do a story submission to slashdot along the lines of "Fred Gallagher announces 'No blankets in the net Megatokyo store'", the editors will *have* to listen to us and make it a front page story... won't they?

In other news, I'm glad Fred went and did his own store (or at least 'another' store). I dunno why, but I can't help wondering if it's 'cos ThinkGeek gave him the same crap overpriced non-service as they gave me!