taw123

I'm guessing Corel was in the middle of an acquisition that had a back out penalty. If the acquisition was vetoed, the back out penalty would have bankrupted Corel. Sounds like blackmail to me.

The parent is rightly pointing out that it could yield an unintended RF activation.

True, the solution isn't perfect. Just brainstorming ideas that can potentially be coupled with other layers of security. The advantage of the idea is it doesn't rely on the user activating a secure mode or knowing about the vulnerability. The protection is automatic when you're asleep. Arguably if you're walking, not a large amount of that time is near your front door - although I understand your location may still be predictable.

Anecdotaly, I have a remote that lights up everytime it's moved (to assist finding it at night as it's a remote for a bed). I've had it for well over a year and haven't changed the batteries yet. Granted, it runs on three AAA batteries. Not entirely sure what tech it uses, but it's not necessarily a full blown accelerometer.

Edit: some / all of the power drain would be offset because the RF transmitter would be off while the sensor is on.

A motion sensor in the remote could mitigate the issue and maintain convenience.

A motion sensor in the remote would also work and maintain the convenience.

Maybe he doesn't like hugging and the comment was his way of deflecting.