From: Dan (dan_at_dbdigitalweb.com)
Date: Fri Jan 16 2004 - 11:20:58 PST
>As for general security, I use an idea that came up on this list a while
>back. Not particularly hard to bypass if you know the newt I'd imagine,
>but reasonable for most.
>
>In the owner card, I put the text "reward for return" in the phone
>extension field, and my phone number where it belongs. Then I tell my
>newt to ask for a passcode on reset and if a passcode hasn't been
>entered in 24 hours. (Passcode every time the newt wakes up is just a
>bit excessive; I can handle once a day.) The passcode screen displays
>the name and phone number (plus extension) from the owner card... so if
>I lose the newt somebody who picks it up and turns it on will see the
>passcode screen, and my name and phone number and "reward for return".
That is a good idea actually, and I may do the same. It rarely ever leaves
my side, but in life "stuff happens" so best to be prepared. As for the PIN
every 24 hours, yes that is fine for some, others they want it every hour or
two and that is one thing that Time Lock can do.
-Dan
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