Re: [Hampshire] Remote wipe of Linux systems

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Author: Tony Whitmore
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Remote wipe of Linux systems
On 2012-11-14 10:24, Michael Pavling wrote:
> The "remote wipe" stuff works well for machines that have their own
> network connections (3G phones and tablets), but for a desktop or
> laptop, it's not that likely to be of much use. If the machine
> auto-logs in, so that Ronnie or Reggie can at least use it (and maybe
> be tempted to hook it up to their network at this point), it would
> work, but why would you set up your machines to auto-login if you're
> worried about your data in the first place?! :-)


Phones and tablets running Linux are one of the use cases, yes.

Tony

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