[OLPC Security] Anti-theft and Anti-Sale ideas for Nepal

[Simson L. Garfinkel's Treo 700p]

>
>What is the average wage of a person skilled enough to disassemble a laptop
>in Nepal? Assuming that P_THEFT can be circumvented with an hour of 
physical
>access to the laptop, will any sophisticated theft protection work at all?

Why do you assume that?

>Yes, it may discourage the casual buyer, but if a laptop is sold to 
somebody
>skilled enough (a local crime syndicate will have someone handy), it 
becomes
>a question of return-of-investment.
>
>* Acquire the laptop from alcoholic dad - ($20)
>* Pay somebody to remove P_THEFT - ($5)
>* Sell the laptop - $80
>-----------------------
>* Profit - $55
>
>Now please tell me how you want to stop that sort of business.
>Remember that removing P_THEFT includes removal of any activation and 
phone-
>home software.
>
>Regards,
>Carl-Daniel
>-- 
>http://www.hailfinger.org/
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