Laptop tamper detection system: A software-based approach for monitoring unauthorized laptop movement
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Laptops store personal, academic, and professional information and are frequently carried between homes, classrooms, offices, and public places. Conventional security mechanisms such as passwords and PINs mainly control digital access; by themselves, they do not provide continuous awareness of physical movement or possible tampering. This paper presents the design of a Laptop Tamper Detection System, a browser-based security monitoring prototype intended to demonstrate how suspicious movement events can be identified, reported, and recorded. The system provides a protection dashboard, configurable detection sensitivity, a tamper-event decision process, alarm and browser-notification interfaces, and a timestamped event history. The current academic demonstration uses software-generated or simulated movement events so that the workflow can be tested without additional physical sensors. Browser motion-sensor integration is treated as a possible extension and is not claimed as a validated feature of the present simulation. The paper describes the system architecture, rule-based detection workflow, implementation technologies, representative test cases, benefits, and limitations. The proposed design offers a low-cost starting point for demonstrating physical-security monitoring, while further device-level testing is required before it can be considered a dependable real-world antitheft solution
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225382926