Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Kensington MicroSaver lock defeated with a penny

Kensington MicroSaver lock defeated with a penny by ZDNet's Jason D. O'Grady -- As a fan of both Numismatics and Macs I found a recent article in 2600–The Hacker Quarterly most troubling. “A Penny For Your Laptop” (Autumn 2007 issue, page 19) by Atom Smasher demonstrates a very simple vulnerability in the Kensington Micro-Saver Notebook Lock. Apparently it can be unlocked very simply, quickly, and without destroying [...]

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