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This is a one-sided view. It can, and also is, used to implement theft-protection, thanks to which the police tracked the guy, he got convicted and I got my exp
by zvrba 11y ago
This is a one-sided view. It can, and also is, used to implement theft-protection, thanks to which the police tracked the guy, he got convicted and I got my expensive laptop back. Yes, the guy reinstalled the OS, but the tracking SW survived precisely thanks to these technologies.
- brokenmachine 11y agoCan you give more details on what OS and tracking SW you were using?
- zvrba 11y agoAbsolute LoJack, with windows. It installs itself as a windows driver before/during the boot. It sends location once a day, or more often if you flag the device as stolen/missing. It can also remotely "brick" the device (yes, it can be undone by the owner) if the data is of concern. I deliberately did not set BIOS password so that the laptop remained usable to whomever got their hands on it.