Laptop/PC security

[Spacecadet]

BIOS passwords and Windows passwords do two different things. What about securing your laptop to a desk, what about keeping your pc in a locked room? What about anti-virus?

Like I said - a vague question...

the question asked:

How do you secure your laptop or PC?

Its not that vague... unless you don't know how you secure your PC.

[pmeswani]

BIOS passwords and Windows passwords do two different things. What about securing your laptop to a desk, what about keeping your pc in a locked room? What about anti-virus?

Like I said - a vague question...

You forgot to mention GPS tracking for remote secure wiping.

[ratewhore]

BIOS passwords and Windows passwords do two different things. What about securing your laptop to a desk, what about keeping your pc in a locked room? What about anti-virus?

Like I said - a vague question...

[Clippy]

This is so vague a question it's not worth asking...

That's where the additional lines of text come in:

Just using a Windows password or some funky BIOS level security software.

I don't have a Windows password setup but was thinking of going for something at BIOS level instead.

but I suppose you just read what you wanted to

[ratewhore]

How do you secure your laptop or PC.

This is so vague a question it's not worth asking...

[Cowboy Bob]

Ah yes.

I wondered how long it would be before either you or ScooterScot jumped in with the old 'Just get a Mac!' comments

Looks like you've lost the ability to read. The original question was how do you secure your laptop or PC.

Besides, I didn't say get a Mac. I said I use FileVault for encryption and that modern computers shouldn't need to have a BIOS (remember Windows runs just fine without one on Apple hardware) given that it's ancient technology from the early days of the PC.

[oracleslave]

Ah yes.

I wondered how long it would be before either you or ScooterScot jumped in with the old 'Just get a Mac!' comments

WHS

[bogeyman]

FileVault - http://www.apple.com/sg/macosx/features/filevault/

Ain't no BIOS on a Mac either - we have no need for such ancient and inefficient technology...

Ah yes.

I wondered how long it would be before either you or ScooterScot jumped in with the old 'Just get a Mac!' comments

[voodooflux]

TrueCrypt.

[Cowboy Bob]

FileVault - http://www.apple.com/sg/macosx/features/filevault/

Ain't no BIOS on a Mac either - we have no need for such ancient and inefficient technology...

[pmeswani]

How do you secure your laptop or PC.

Just using a Windows password or some funky BIOS level security software.

I don't have a Windows password setup but was thinking of going for something at BIOS level instead.

It depends on how much you want to secure your laptop and how much you want to spend. Setting a password in the bios is pretty much pointless nowadays, because all I need to do is to take your hard drive out, place it into a different laptop and take all your data with the help of a bootable linux memory key. If you don't have any critical information on your laptop, then use a freebie disk encryption key. If the information on your laptop is likely to contain millions of prisoner details or millions of bank details, invest in a commercial disk encryption software that does not store the encryption keys in clear text in active memory / disk.

[Netraider]

I use Becrypt encrytpion for my laptop. I use an Ironkey usb memory stick for moving data around.

[Clippy]

How do you secure your laptop or PC.

Just using a Windows password or some funky BIOS level security software.

I don't have a Windows password setup but was thinking of going for something at BIOS level instead.