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

[khaled hassounah]

>
> > 2) We could hard code a national identifier into the laptop's MAC
> > address.  The laptop could periodically check it's national identifier
> > against it's Internet gateway.  If it is no longer in Nepal, say Bangkok
> > or Delhi, it disables itself.
>
> This is technically trivial, should a country request it, but has a
> bunch of social implications. What if the kids go on a field trip, for
> example?


Satellite communication makes this technically more complicated than it
appears. From Libya so far, I have seen google recognize my machine as
located in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Tunis and only sometimes
Libya.

Khaled
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