In message <4a736e17$>, vitw wrote:
> What was meant to be a security device for laptops, helping people to
> recover them in case of theft, has been exposed as a critical weakness
> that can allow malicious attackers to gain virtually undetectable long-
> term remote control of people's laptops.
>
> Apparently, around 60% of current new and late-model laptops are affected.
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3828
Absolute Software tries to downplay the threat
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3936>.