Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!rex!uflorida!gatech!udel!haven!umd5!lewhoosh.umd.edu!matthews From: matthews@lewhoosh.umd.edu (Mike Matthews) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT theft protection? Message-ID: <7815@umd5.umd.edu> Date: 8 Jan 91 21:10:10 GMT References: <912@kaos.MATH.UCLA.EDU> <7791@umd5.umd.edu> <278A159E.25451@orion.oac.uci.edu> Sender: news@umd5.umd.edu Distribution: na Organization: Computer Science Center, University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 33 In article <278A159E.25451@orion.oac.uci.edu> Matt Wu writes: >I don't know what thiefs are like where you work, but at UCI >they can be pretty persistent. From my experience, cable >locks may as well not exist, except maybe to prove to the >insurance company that you had taken some security measures. I never said anything about cables; I agree that they're bad security. The VersaLock pads are adhesive kits; one sticks to the desk, the other to the computer, and they're held together by a complex locking mechanism. >The locks that we're using right now are Anchor Pads. (I >guess I should add the obligatory "I have no affiliation with >this company besides being a satisfied customer" here) It >would take a person several hours and a big crowbar to get a >computer out of one of these things, and I'm not sure if >there'd be much computer left at that point. There won't be much left of my 'puter if someone managed to pry it up now, either. I looked into AnchorPad; they cost about five times as much and didn't look any better... >Still, keeping your backups in a secure place is never a bad >idea. Backups? What are they? :-) :-) :-) >Anchor Pad International can be reached at (213) 728-1086. ------ Mike Matthews, matthews@lewhoosh.umd.edu (NeXT)/matthews@umdd (bitnet) ------ Go 'way! You're bothering me!