Originally Posted by
ladammed
Has anybody had success keeping their laptop safe while they were being molested? I have a Alienware laptop, a prized commodity for many gamers, and I'm worried that if I get selected to be molested the laptop will just be sitting there, looking very tempting for either a smurf or another passenger. I have a sleeve that zips up that I can keep it in while it goes through the scanner but I'm not sure that will fly with the smurfs.
My safety measures:
1.) Dell Total Care contract. If the laptop is stolen or broken, I get a new one from Dell.
2.) SSD password. Without the password, the drive is useless. Sensitive data is encrypted anyway.
3.) System/BIOS password. Without it, the machine is a brick
Also, I could enable TPM and remote deactivation, but I don't trust TPM.
So if the worst happens, the thief has a useless device and I get an new machine. (I have a new, top-of-the-line Dell Precision machine)