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Subject: Re: Security of Laptop Computers
From: proff @ suburbia . net
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 13:47:07 +1000 (EST)
To: mcnabb @ argus-systems . com (Paul McNabb)
Cc: firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM, gcrum @ us-state . gov
In-reply-to: <199709182302 . SAA09908 @ argus-systems . com> from Paul McNabb at "Sep 18, 97 06:02:53 pm"

> This is patently false.  Although there are many people who steal
> laptops for the hardware, and in fact I'll bet money that the
> majority are stolen for the hardware, there is *DEFINITELY* a
> significant amount of industrial espionage and bank fraud schemes
> that are relying on information stolen from laptops.  There are
> *MANY* cases of laptops being "accessed" from a hotel room while
> the owner is down eating dinner.  The owner returns to the room,
> paul
[..]

I don't see any figure. How do you justify these air-grown claims?

> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Paul McNabb                     Argus Systems Group, Inc.
> Vice President and CTO          1809 Woodfield Drive

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