>> No, it's not new. But yes, it /is/ kinda scary. :-D
>
> In other news, if a hacker steals the password you have written on a
> sticky note affixed to the laptop, you're screwed. :-)

Well, yes, some people are stupid. The worrying part is that even the 
smart people who are using whole-disk encryption with two-factor 
authentication and all the rest are still vulnerable if physical access 
is compromised.

> Also, beware
> thieves carrying large flasks of liquid nitrogen through the airport.

Apparently it works fine with no cooling at all. And you don't actually 
need liquid nitrogen; canned air will do.

> Why are you carrying sensitive information around on a laptop anyway?

Well, yeah, there is that. The usual scenario is a company laptop 
carried to that important business meeting. If you're on the road all 
the time, it's unlikely you have a seperate device for keeping your 
"sensitive" data on.

> Given that 99.44% of the time that information isn't encrypted to start
> with, and 99.44% of the time the thief steals the laptop for the
> hardware and not the data, I think that most people have nothing to
> worry about.

Probably.

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