Comments on: Phoenix Freeze logs you off when you walk away from your PC http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/05/06/phoenix-freeze-logs-you-off-when-you-walk-away-from-your-pc/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:02:34 -0500 hourly 1 By: NazJam Tech Blog http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/05/06/phoenix-freeze-logs-you-off-when-you-walk-away-from-your-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-1017038 NazJam Tech Blog Thu, 07 May 2009 17:11:17 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=88217#comment-1017038 <strong>Phoenix Freeze: Your Laptop Privacy Guard...</strong> If you work on your laptop at a public place and don’t want to take your laptop all the time with you when you move away from your cabin or sitting place, your privacy is at risk. To get you out of this uncomfortable situation, the guys at Pheonix Te... Phoenix Freeze: Your Laptop Privacy Guard…

If you work on your laptop at a public place and don’t want to take your laptop all the time with you when you move away from your cabin or sitting place, your privacy is at risk. To get you out of this uncomfortable situation, the guys at Pheonix Te…

]]> By: foxmajik http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/05/06/phoenix-freeze-logs-you-off-when-you-walk-away-from-your-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-1016767 foxmajik Thu, 07 May 2009 03:37:09 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=88217#comment-1016767 Yeah, Windows Mobile phones have had an app for this for about five years. Yeah, Windows Mobile phones have had an app for this for about five years.

]]> By: SwissFreek http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/05/06/phoenix-freeze-logs-you-off-when-you-walk-away-from-your-pc/comment-page-1/#comment-1016532 SwissFreek Wed, 06 May 2009 18:25:48 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=88217#comment-1016532 There is/was a program for the Mac called Salling Clicker that you could use with your Bluetooth-capable phone or Palm (we're talking long enough ago that you had to pay a lot to get the nice phone that actually had Bluetooth) to control your iTunes, DVD Player, etc. and one of the features it had was that it could lock/screensaver your computer when you went out of Bluetooth range. Neat idea except that as I recall it didn't have the ability to adjust how far away you should be before it locked, and I often found that reception was good enough that the computer wouldn't lock until I was out of the house and down the street a little ways, so its utility in fending off annoying roomates/siblings was limited if I was just walking around the house. Looks like this program has a setting to dial in signal strength to solve that issue, which makes it a pretty cool item to have if you're the type that regularly leaves sensitive stuff exposed on your computer, or if you're just anally paranoid about someone finding an emailed copy of your bank statements... There is/was a program for the Mac called Salling Clicker that you could use with your Bluetooth-capable phone or Palm (we’re talking long enough ago that you had to pay a lot to get the nice phone that actually had Bluetooth) to control your iTunes, DVD Player, etc. and one of the features it had was that it could lock/screensaver your computer when you went out of Bluetooth range. Neat idea except that as I recall it didn’t have the ability to adjust how far away you should be before it locked, and I often found that reception was good enough that the computer wouldn’t lock until I was out of the house and down the street a little ways, so its utility in fending off annoying roomates/siblings was limited if I was just walking around the house.

Looks like this program has a setting to dial in signal strength to solve that issue, which makes it a pretty cool item to have if you’re the type that regularly leaves sensitive stuff exposed on your computer, or if you’re just anally paranoid about someone finding an emailed copy of your bank statements…

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