Bad batterise as security devices

["Marc" <marc () marcd org>]

This has to be in the top three most misguided comments of all time:

<snip>
The police chief said he's been advised that it's unlikely anyone could
access
personal information stored on the stolen laptop because the battery is so
old it
barely functions without a companion power cord.
</snip>

Yep...that'd stop me cold...I wonder how many uncompleted forensic
examinations they have logged due to bad laptop batteries?

<more>

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20110504-NEWS-110509918



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