[pistoleer]

What do you do if the beans are disturbed? Throw the laptop out presumably? Would it not be easier to not ship the laptop, instead buying a thin client locally?

[zeroflow]

"That is left as an exercise for the reader"

That methods goal is to be tamper evident. You are referring to tamper proofing which opens up another whole can of worms.

[sulandor]

imho the method is sound and consequences are separate topic