Re: [Fed-Talk] ISight and Bluetooth removal
Re: [Fed-Talk] ISight and Bluetooth removal
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] ISight and Bluetooth removal
- From: Ian Thompson <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 11:40:03 -0500
Basil,
Good point.....Which is why the solution must include Apple
authorized FEDERAL resellers and Federal Helpdesk personnel who are
authorized to make repairs.
what I envision is a document approved by both the DOE or Fed Agency
AND Apple which details the step by step procedure that an Authorized
tech can perform that will render that Mac system compliant with
Gov't security guidelines AND maintain the Apple warranty of that
particular system.
Again I am interested in ideas here. Maybe the auth reseller or
helpdesk tech puts a sticker on the machine that says this mac is
compliant with the federal security regulations. there are definite
details to work out.
On Jan 17, 2006, at 11:34 AM, Basil A Decina wrote:
Somewhat related...
Apple has moved away from DIY repair of iMacs. Nothing on the
iSight iMacs is user-accessible except for the one, and only one,
memory slot (there is 512-MB soldered onto the motherboard).
At 8:18 AM -0800 1/17/06, Peter Link wrote:
I'll let Ian comment on the email he sent to Mr. Pyke, DOE CIO,
but I ran across an iMac takeapart this morning and it doesn't
look good. http://nak.journalspace.com/?entryid=406 The previous
iMac G5s were easy to open but the instructions in this article
changes that. Instead of three screws that allow the back to
easily open, you remove 4 screws then pry the back/front off. The
hard drive isn't even easy to take out like before. The cable for
the iSight is shown in the photo but the author didn't get to the
point of totally removing everything.
Powerbooks have never been easy to open so I don't see the MacBook
being easy to get to anything other than memory and the wireless/
Bluetooth either.
At 3:49 PM -0500 1/12/06, Ian Thompson wrote:
I am going to reach out to the CIO of Energy HQ and see if they
will allocate a gov't resource to me and Apple to come up with a
guide to disable the camera and bluetooth that meets DOE specs.
The idea is that we work together to have a process to disable
that functionality, that DOE and Apple, in writing, says is hunky
dory. Once that happens, we go to our certified Apple Resellers
and teach then what to do to each Macbook or iMac to make it
"certifiably DOE disabled".
My goal is to try to achieve this once at the HQ level at DOE in
Washington, so all the labs and authorized resellers can get
these Macbooks with out violating any rules.
Thoughts and volunteers needed. I am reaching out to Tom Pike
tomorrow. I'll let DStraub know how the conversation goes.
Ian Thompson
Regional Manager
Federal Government Sales email@hidden
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C (703) 216-4447
Apple Computer, Inc.
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