[OPLINTECH] Intel NUC (and other tiny form factor PCs)

[Fred Miller Jr]

Chad,
I agree about being tempted when in a lab situation. I’m not sure if I would want something like this in a lab environment unless there was a security system in place (cable, cameras, etc…). Will probably go with a security cable of some kind for the ones we have now. Who knows in the next 10 years maybe everyone will be using VR to connect to the internet. Hmmm.

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Fred Miller Jr
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From: OPLINTECH [mailto:oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org] On Behalf Of Chad Neeper
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 11:32 AM
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Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Intel NUC (and other tiny form factor PCs)

Yeah, I haven't had a problem with theft in the past either, but since the NUCs are so tiny and they just slide on/off the VESA mount with ease, I'm thinking that someone could easily disconnect the cables and slip the thing into their backpack inside of a few seconds. I'm not as concerned about the circ desks and other high-traffic areas, but in a lab or a quiet study room or even in a less visible or less traffic area, it could be really tempting.




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On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Fred Miller Jr <fmiller at auglaizelibraries.org<mailto:fmiller at auglaizelibraries.org>> wrote:
Chad,
We haven’t had any problems with theft of a computer in our library system. With that being said, I might check into a security lock of some kind that will attach or wrap around the monitor. It would be hard to notice some taking a monitor and NUC off the Circ desk and walking out with it. Our front desk staff at each library does an excellent job at keeping an eye on things around the library. We don’t plan on implementing these anytime for patron internet computers. You always have to stay on the precautious side as well so I understand where we think about security constantly.

Fred

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Subject: [OPLINTECH] Intel NUC (and other tiny form factor PCs)

Fred and anyone else using ultra small form factor computers:

For your self-check NUCs and other public-area NUCs, have you tried to secure them from theft in any way?

I don't have any out in public areas yet (just staff), but since it's easy to slip a NUC or other small PC off the VESA mount, I'm thinking about using a Kensington lock to secure the PC to the display. I thought about using the Kensington lock to secure the NUC to the desk, but it's actually very easy to rip a Kensington lock out of the socket. (You permanently damage the chassis in the process so it obvious the device was probably stolen, but the computer will still work fine.) Securing the NUC to the desk can actually make it easier to "smash and grab" but securing the NUC to the display should actually make it much harder to separate the NUC from the display so it's much less likely a thief will try to stuff the NUC AND the display into a backpack.

I'm thinking about using something like this<http://www.kensington.com/us/us/v/4482/2171/clicksafe-keyed-laptop-locks-duo-lockheads-?sku=k64998ww> coiled lock (~$55). The down-side is that it's a keyed lock and doesn't seem to have a "master" key for when you're using multiple locks of this type. So I'd have to juggle numerous keys. Without placing a large custom order, I haven't found a nice coiled cable with locks at each end like this that is designed for more than a single key/lock set.

Anyone have any good reasonably-priced solutions/ideas for physically securing their ultra SFF public area computers?


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