This guy has my macbook
Guy gets macbook stolen and then posts pics of the thief on his blog.
Has an ever so slightly spamish whiff to it but I think it's kosher.
Otherwise feel free to slap me about.
(, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 10:06, Reply)
Guardian report on this...
www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/01/man-uses-app-track-alleged-laptop-thief
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LeightonJimbo has remembered his password!, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 10:20,
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Well I guess this will work well
for as long as it takes thieves to become aware of it and start giving their stolen goods a complete wipe and restart.
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..wil, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 10:32,
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The good versions of this sort of software are in the BIOS (or equivalent).
So you can't wipe them in a sensible way.
(, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 11:13, Reply)
And you think the average user will be installing anything like that?
(, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 13:15, Reply)
Macs in effect are designed to be stolen so, you are correct, the first thing thats happens when its gets pinched
is that the fence who buys the product will wipe the computer straight away and then re-stall a new operating system if they are tech savvy! PC's can be locked down from the BIOS thus rendering the computer useless and less saleable... Apart from that though. Its a good app to catch out your average opportunist thief.
(, Thu 2 Jun 2011, 14:56, Reply)
