|
paranoia
so, i had a weird bout of late-winter paranoia the other day. it brought back to mind an idea i had a while back for some 'security' features for the new firmware.
already, (i know this is probably pointless) my bootlogo has (a picture of eraserhead and) the words: STOLEN FROM: XXX-XXX-XXXX (i.e. my phone number). i figure at very least it should keep it out of a pawn shop. and maybe even give some saintly iriverfinder a number to call to return it to me...
but i was thinking it would be much more useful if it was 'password' protected. i.e. after turning it on, you must enter the proper key sequence (a la nintendo secret game code - up down up down left right left right...) to get past the boot screen (displaying contact info, reward offers, etc...). thus making the player unusable without the password.
i know, sure, many people might tend to forget their secret code (fools!).
but they could always just use a default (discretely) published code - on the assumption that most theives wouldn't know about rockbox or where to look...etc.
sure, it would take an extra second or so to boot up, and chances are it wouldn't get your player back to you (but maybe, just maybe, it would!), but it might at least ruin the stealing experience for someone. certainly someone who FOUND a player would be more likely to return it if they couldn't use it themselves, no?
anyhoo,
beware.
--
nwar.afraid.org
|