Talk:Kensington Security Slot

message: Witch games consoles actually have a lock on them?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.19.59.144 (talk) 13:51, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Games Consoles 

message: Is that link to the video about how to bust the lock really necessary? I saw it got removed earlier, but was put back because "wikipedia is not censored". This isn't about offensive material, though. This is about outright telling people how to break these locks.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.56.75 (talk) 00:52, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I wouldn't be opposed to the video, if it was somehow explained in the article itself. I'd be interested to know how the lock works, and it's reliability. Apparently, if it can be opened with a thin piece of toilet paper cardboard, it's not that safe. Granted, it's better than nothing. But I digress, Wikipedia has to show the positive and negative of anything to have a neutral point of view. Miggyb (talk) 16:51, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lock Circumvention 

message: Now I may be mistaken, but IIRC, "Kensington Lock" is also a lock located on the Thames near Kensington. Can anyone, perhaps a Londoner, confirm or deny this? 129.69.42.46 13:30, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another Kensington Lock 

message: How would you attach them to a table? Are there tables with Kensington security slots too? -- Frap 10:18, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup, normally a small loop at the end. You pass the lock body end around an object and through the loop, like a running bowline. 128.232.228.174 (talk) 16:17, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attachment? 

message: I have heard that the lock holes in laptops are near / a part of the CPU cooler system. Thus if somebody was to pull out the lock by force, CPU would get damaged.
JohnnyBatina 14:56, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really. The best place for the lock hole is in the chassis, so that it has the most resistance to being forced out. This has a side effect of causing damage to the laptop should someone try. NeoThermic 01:07, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  True? 

message: "Locks are generally secured in place with a ... mechanical PIN device" -- 
(a) "mechanical PIN device" is apparently what is properly called a "combination lock", but I don't know how to straighten out the syntax of this sentence. 
(b) PIN links to Personal identification number, but that article seems to have nothing relevant to this context.
-- 201.17.36.246 (talk) 16:43, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Mechanical PIN device" 

message: the video is no longer available, the link should be removed (http://www.toool.nl/kensington623.wmv)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.31.105.209 (talk) 16:27, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The attached video is no longer available 

message: It would be nice if someone could provide information on how the lock came into being. There must have been a kind of "chicken and egg" problem because the lock is no good without equipment having the right "hole", and there's no point putting the hole on equipment if there are no locks available. How did it happen?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Broadya (talk • contribs) 12:48, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  History of the lock 

message: While one could argue that the absence of a kensington slot is in fact an alternative to presence of one, it does not seem appropriate to mention the MacBook Air in the alternatives section.  I found that the phrase "a notable exception" adds too much flair to what should be an impartial and neutral article.  Thoughts?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.42.48.201 (talk) 04:35, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternatives 

message: Why is this article called "Kensington Security Slot"? Is that name in common usage? I have never heard it personally. Does Kensington has a patient on it? Do other laptop manufactures license this technology from Kensington? Jason Quinn (talk) 03:02, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: They do have patents, yes. I've provided a little more information. It would be interesting to know whether companies were required to license the slot - I suspect in fact that they want it put in, so they can sell the locks. GreenReaper (talk) 20:32, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  any patients on this? why Kensington security slot? 

message: If I came to this article wondering whether my laptop *had* a K-slot, wouldn't it be really helpful to show a picture of one? Marnanel (talk) 10:36, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Per request, I have added a picture with the lock slot not obscured by a lock. Sorry I didn't see your request until just now.  Reify-tech (talk) 04:48, 7 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture of the slot 

message: Kensington locks have been used on computers and the like since at least the 1980s. What is meant by "designed / patented in 1999"? Even if they were so remiss as to not patent it til a decade or more later (and wouldn't that invalidate it?), if "design" means, well, design, then 1999 is way too late. 
If this is some misunderstanding please correct me, and consider making it clear in the article.
188.29.164.197 (talk) 02:51, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Designed in 1999 !? 

message: The article claims that the K Slot was patented around 2000, but gives no reference. Can somebody find the patent(s) and add them? If it was a design patent, it doesn't expire; otherwise, it should be expiring around now. I don't know if that has any implications, since Kensington seems to have already licensed its design widely. Reify-tech (talk) 19:50, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Patent expiration? 

message: This section is definitely showing its age. I'm fairly certain my 12-year-old wouldn't even understand why you would design a computer with a port that only worked with printers and nothing else, let alone identify one or be able to differentiate it from a VGA or serial port. The last time I bought a computer that had ports other than [micro-]USB, HDMI, or Thunderbolt was at least 10+ years ago. Maybe this section could be rewritten to talk about Kensington-like alternative physical security measures that were used in the past, and if other options exist today they could be described as well.
DadOfBeanAndBug (talk) 22:53, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Alternatives" section needs to be updated