there’s a pretty slick device called the “thanko usb pc lock” that will unlock and lock your pc based on how close your are to it (physically).
the only downside is the software that comes with seems a bit wonky, but–bryan batchelder rolled up a better version which to address all the complaints we had, the future features look pretty sweet too.
Not a hack but still pretty spiffy
You’ve just been made famous by time travel!
Bet he didn’t see that one coming
That’s what she said
writing new software for an existing device is not a hack? jeez.
yes…but downloading and running software isn’t…
bryan’s stuff to me is a hack, so, whateva’
This is doing something to a product that was not provided out of the box, therefore it is a hack.
just use a wired one – its cheaper more secure and realy not that bad. The only application for wireless oones are for media center pcs, in which case security dosen’t matter too much.
I’de like some one to write an app for my pocket pc and my desktop to do the same but with wifi and the computer would lock if lets say the signla of the wifi connection would be less then X and unlock if signal is more then x. this could be doen by mesuring the wifi srtengt of the ppc since it will probably connect to a wifi router or ap near the desktop.
who cares if it is a hack the creator of this website wont want to keep putting his time and effort in to doing all this if every one is being gay about it so just shut up and try the hacks out and have fun with them instead of pretending to be a hardcore hacker
Wow…you seriously don’t know what you’re talking about, but I refuse to act like an idiot by getting into an argument with one.
you guys are taking the beauty out of what pt has done by creating this site.
Linux version: http://freshmeat.net/projects/usb-lock/
Here is the new link since the origional link seems down…
http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/hardware/article.aspx?articleid=912422&title=Is+that+you%3f+Writing+Better+Software+for+Cool+USB+Hardware
this is not a hack really…
anyway it sounds intresting…
wonder what happens if you loose the ‘key’…
i like the android platform but it does have some weaknesses with security…