Don't buy one of these

[ewx]

I have a “PC Line Notebook Combination Cable Lock PCS-3”.

I just discovered that if you wiggle it just right, it comes out without needing to know the combination.

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[imc.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of: show potential customers how seriously your company takes its security (http://www.staplespromotionalproducts.com/ProductDetail.aspx?id=29532)…

[ewx.livejournal.com]

I’m afraid that link just goes to the website’s front page…

[imc.livejournal.com]

Whoops, an extra 2 crept in from somehere.

http://www.staplespromotionalproducts.com/ProductDetail.aspx?id=2953

[nunfetishist.livejournal.com]

"PC Line" being the Dixons Retail Group's own brand, yes? :)

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Possibly. Can’t recall where I got it any more.

[armb.livejournal.com]

As reviewed (well, commented upon) at http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/03/usb_combination.html
'And when the drive is "locked" and the connector is retracted, the contact are still accessible.'

[imc.livejournal.com]

As a commenter there says, why bother trying to connect to the contacts when you could unlock the thing properly in less than a minute?

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Ah yes, we had a laugh about that at work the other day l-)