Nova Protecção Anti-Roubo da Intel

Com o crescente número de casos de roubo de dados pessoais armazenados em computadores portáteis, eis que surge uma tecnologia que pode evitar "males maiores" (recordemos este em Inglaterra):

"Intel plans to release an anti-theft technology for laptops during the fourth quarter of this year, but the company isn't offering many details yet (...)

In the event of theft, the technology will "basically lock the system, lock the disk, so people cannot be maliciously using and getting the data," said Dadi Perlmutter, executive vice president and general manager (...)

The technology, which appears to render both the processor and storage inaccessible, aims to ease concerns over valuable corporate or personal data falling into the wrong hands when laptops are lost or stolen, according to Perlmutter.

The problem of lost data on stolen and missing laptops is a long-standing problem and a growing concern, particular for its impact on personal data..."

in Macworld

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