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Re: Free Laptop-Tracking System Hits the Streets
Posted by: Renay San Miguel 2008-07-14 22:50:04

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Adeona may have been the goddess of safe returns, but if a group of computer science professors and graduate students get their wish, they'll be viewed as the patron saints of secure laptop computer data, thanks to their new open source software service named after the Roman deity. Also, for those who worship at the altar of bargains, Adeona may indeed be a godsend: It's free. Adeona, the result of a yearlong joint research project at the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego, allows users to track the location of lost or stolen laptop computers.

Open source security
Posted by: mcrider 2008-07-15 04:56:07 In reply to: Renay San Miguel

"Corporations don't open source security..." That's interesting. Maybe David Perry should have a chat with the folks behind ClamAV, or OpenSSH, or SpamAssassin, or GnuPG, or ... I trust security that can be independently reviewed much more than security that is full of hidden holes.