Device tamper detection
One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, using a tamper detection switch of an information handling device, a tampering event; determining, using a processor, contextual data associated with the tampering event; constructing, based on the determining, a signal comprising the contextual data; and broadcasting, using a radio transmission beacon, the signal. Other aspects are described and claimed.
1. A product, comprising:
a computer-readable storage device that stores executable code that, when executed by a processor, causes the product to:
code that identifies, during a point between an origin location and a destination location, a tampering event for an information handling device, wherein the information handling device is part of a batch containing one or more other information handling devices;
code that determines contextual data associated with the tampering event;
code that constructs a signal comprising the contextual data; and
code that broadcasts the signal to at least one of the one or more other information handling devices in the batch.
2. The product of claim 1 , wherein the radio transmission beacon is a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon.
3. The product of claim 1 , wherein the contextual data comprises at least one of: a tampering time, a tampering date, and a tampering location.
4. The product of claim 3 , wherein the tampering location is determined using Global Positioning System (GPS) data.
5. The product of claim 1 , further comprising:
code that establishes a wireless network connection; and
code that transmits, using the wireless network connection, the contextual data to a predetermined location.
6. The product of claim 5 , wherein the code that establishes comprising establishing the wireless network connection responsive to identifying an available wireless network connection.
7. The product of claim 1 , wherein the code that broadcasts comprises broadcasting while the information handling device is in an off state.
8. The product of claim 1 , wherein the contextual data is stored at an accessible storage location on the device.
9. The product of claim 1 , further comprising:
code that activates, responsive to identifying the tampering event, an image capture device of the information handling device; and
code that captures, using the image capture device, at least one worldview image at the time of the tampering event.
10. The product of claim 1 , wherein the code that broadcasts comprises broadcasting the signal until an indication is received that the signal was detected by another device.