Product Description

Nearly 1,000 notebook computers are stolen everyday - protect your notebook computer and its valuable data with this affordable security product - the DEFCON CL. The Targus DEFCON Combo Lock (CL) is 6.5 feet of cut-resistant, galvanized steel cable that loops around any secure object and easily attaches to your notebooks lock slot. Our DEFCON CL features a user-settable combination lock with up to 10,000 possible settings.

Product Details

• Color: Grey
• Brand: Targus
• Model: PA410U
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 2.38" h x 8.31" w x 9.50" l, .70 pounds

Features

• Cable Length - 6.5 ft
• Cable Material - Galvanized steel
• Up to 10,000 user-settable combinations
• Locking Device - Up to 10,000 user-settable combinations

Amazon.com Product Description
With up to 10,000 user-settable combinations, the DEFCON Cable Lock is the first notebook security product to offer the benefits and convenience of a keyless solution. The Targus DEFCON CL uses 6.5 feet (2 meters) of cut-resistant, galvanized steel cable to attach your notebook computer to any secure object. Simply loop the lock around a desk or chair, then insert the DEFCON CL into your notebook's lock slot and set the combination. The included security base plate provides another convenient way to lock down a notebook or desktop computer equipped with a security lock slot.

From the Manufacturer
This Targus laptop security product finally provides a computer security solution with nothing to lose. Everyday nearly 1,000 laptop computers are stolen - protect your laptop computer and its valuable data with this affordable laptop security product - the DEFCON CL. The Targus DEFCON Combo Lock (CL) is 6.5 feet of cut-resistant, galvanized steel cable that loops around any secure object and easily attaches to your laptop computer's lock slot. Our DEFCON CL features a user-settable combination lock with up to 10,000 possible settings. The DEFCON CL is the first laptop computer security product to offer the benefits and convenience of a keyless security solution.

Customer Reviews

Changing Combos
I am a student living in a dorm situation and so wanted some basic protection for my lap top computer. I purchased the defcon cl because it was inexpensive, widely availible, and easy to use. Unfortunately, it has one major drawback, occasionally it decides to change the number combinationss which unlock it. I went to the company website and they suggested trying the numbers immediately around the combination and if that failed trying all the number combinations possible (there are 10,000). Several hours, one blister, and 1787 combinations later, I got frustrated and used a jewelers saw to cut through the connection to my computer (this solution took only five minutes). I would not suggest this lock to anyone who lacks the patience to try trial and error experimentation until they reach the correct combination, nor anyone attending a school with a metalsmithing program.

Combination mysteriously changed
I had been using the lock for my laptop for the past 4 months without any trouble. All of a sudden, today, as I went to pick up the lock, which had been left untouched in the open position overnight with my combination in it, it decided to change combinations by itself. So it was in the locked position but the combination is still the one I had set. I tried so many combinations 'around' mine but obviously there are so many different possibilites. The fact that I even have to try to think of what combination my lock decided to change itself to today makes this a lock I can't rely on!

Lock changes combination by itself - Do not buy
I have been using this lock for a few months without changing the combination. Suddenly I could no longer open it as it appears that the lock has changed its combination by itself.

I called engineering in the hotel I was staying in to help me. It took them less than a minute to cut the cable with ordinary pliers.