Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobiles and Bluetooth Authentication

2009-07-14 Thread danattwood
Jai Harrison wrote: > The same thing can done on Windows, it seems, with a tool called > BlueLock that does the same sort of thing: > http://members.lycos.co.uk/wuul/bluelock/ > > Unfortunately if the only form of authentication is my bluetooth id > then anyone can access my machine as it's being c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobiles and Bluetooth Authentication

2009-07-14 Thread Jai Harrison
The same thing can done on Windows, it seems, with a tool called BlueLock that does the same sort of thing: http://members.lycos.co.uk/wuul/bluelock/ Unfortunately if the only form of authentication is my bluetooth id then anyone can access my machine as it's being constantly broadcast. Definitely

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobiles and Bluetooth Authentication

2009-07-14 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Quoting Jai Harrison : > Hey everyone, > > I'm in the process of trying to select a new phone and figured that > what would be really cool is one that I can use to login and out of my > machine. Basically something that communicates through bluetooth to > the machine to log in. Then when I go away

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Mobiles and Bluetooth Authentication

2009-07-14 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 09:59 +0100, Jai Harrison wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I'm in the process of trying to select a new phone and figured that > what would be really cool is one that I can use to login and out of my > machine. Basically something that communicates through bluetooth to > the machin

[ubuntu-uk] Mobiles and Bluetooth Authentication

2009-07-14 Thread Jai Harrison
Hey everyone, I'm in the process of trying to select a new phone and figured that what would be really cool is one that I can use to login and out of my machine. Basically something that communicates through bluetooth to the machine to log in. Then when I go away it should lock it and when I come