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Re:Getting the most out of YubiKeys for your business by tialaramex on Thursday June 18, 2020 @08:01AM (#23562228)
The effect this has is to make the laptop a "Something you have" factor. This works fine so long as the business is strict about ensuring people treat laptops appropriately and report losses quickly.

e.g. my last big corporate employer would sometimes randomly take any laptops that had not been properly physically secured during a meeting or over lunch. You'd come back and somebody groans "Oh no, we were only gone a few minutes". Yes we were, and you didn't bother locking your laptop so now you're going to have to grovel to somebody to get it back.

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Re:Getting the most out of YubiKeys for your business by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Thursday June 18, 2020 @02:20PM (#23565974)
That’s why I love my 17 inch Alienware gaming laptop. If it is missing, I can usually spot the thief straining under the load of trying to carry it, and it is too bulky to fit in a normal backpack.
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Re:Getting the most out of YubiKeys for your business by tomjen3 on Thursday June 18, 2020 @09:08AM (#23562711)
The only way to lock laptops to things I have seen have been Kensington slots, and those are literally security theater. You can cut them straight through their cables with a simple plier and zero effort, in one motion.
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