Talk:Kensington Security Slot

Lock Circumvention

Is that link to the video about how to bust the lock really necessary? I saw it got removed earlier, but was put back because "wikipedia is not censored". This isn't about offensive material, though. This is about outright telling people how to break these locks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.56.75 (talk) 00:52, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't be opposed to the video, if it was somehow explained in the article itself. I'd be interested to know how the lock works, and it's reliability. Apparently, if it can be opened with a thin piece of toilet paper cardboard, it's not that safe. Granted, it's better than nothing. But I digress, Wikipedia has to show the positive and negative of anything to have a neutral point of view. Miggyb (talk) 16:51, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Another Kensington Lock

Now I may be mistaken, but IIRC, "Kensington Lock" is also a lock located on the Thames near Kensington. Can anyone, perhaps a Londoner, confirm or deny this? 129.69.42.46 13:30, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Is this statement true and/or unbiased?

The Kensington lock is a good solution for busy offices, but given enough time and/or proper tools, thieves can easily circumvent it.

The proper tools for opening (certain) Kensington locks within a minute are a pencil, a roll of toilet paper and some tape. I guess you can indeed call it easily circumvented, but can you call it a good solution?

- personally I think the Kensington Lock is merely a deterrent, something you use in the office, coffee shop or library, where you are always nearby. It will prevent people from snatching a laptop locked with a Kensington lock. It won't prevent theft if the notebook is left alone for a period of time. JonC

Attachment?

How would you attach them to a table? Are there tables with Kensington security slots too? -- Frap 10:18, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

- there is a loop at the end of the cable which you can then loop it around a secure area. JonC

Yup, normally a small loop at the end. You pass the lock body end around an object and through the loop, like a running bowline. 128.232.228.174 (talk) 16:17, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

True?

I have heard that the lock holes in laptops are near / a part of the CPU cooler system. Thus if somebody was to pull out the lock by force, CPU would get damaged. JohnnyBatina 14:56, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Not really. The best place for the lock hole is in the chassis, so that it has the most resistance to being forced out. This has a side effect of causing damage to the laptop should someone try. NeoThermic 01:07, 13 November 2007 (UTC)