Bluetooth Proximity based security

I’ve been playing with an app called Proximity at work to make sure my machine is locked down automatically when I walk away. This isn’t new but it’s something i’ve been looking for. Most of this information comes from a great post by Jesse Hollington.

When my iPhone goes out of range my screen saver password is enforced, enabled and activated. It also locks all my keychains and marks me as away in Adium. When I return it simply marks me as available in Adium, you can tweak this scripts to your needs.

If you want to play with this setup, download proximity from the google code page:

I have put up the tools and applescript I’m using on Leopard in this directory. If you place these scripts into ~/bin you won’t have to edit any of the applescripts.

Here’s my configuration: