Remember Intel’s Anti-Theft Technology that debuted around this time last year? You know, that wicked cool invention that you’ve heard absolutely nothing about ever since? Evidently it’s still alive and kickin’, as ASUS has just announced that two of its lappies will come loaded with it. The P30 and P80 will both arrive with the so-called theft deterrent system, enabling owners to send a “poison pill” (it’s words, not ours) remotely, rendering their computer inoperable by “comprehensively shutting it down.” If you manage to reacquire it in one piece, a passphrase can be inputted in order to reactivate things. Still, we have to wonder how this will really detract thieves from snapping up unattended machines — we mean, do they really stop to check out the anti-theft software before wheeling away with your rig? We’re guessing not.
[Via HotHardware]
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