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Imagine if there was a tracker buried deep in your laptop, put there in the motherboard bio during manufacture so it can’t be wiped. CompuTrace One, a tracking solution from Absolute Software, is that, and has helped track 5,000 computers.
While computer theft in itself is an issue... the bigger issue IMO is the data residing on it. Most of these "tracking" devices also utilize the Internet to locate them. Thus, one would never find it offline; giving me all the time I need to extract the data within.. which may be worth thousands times more....
While computer theft in itself is an issue... the bigger issue IMO is the data residing on it. Most of these "tracking" devices also utilize the Internet to locate them. Thus, one would never find it offline; giving me all the time I need to extract the data within.. which may be worth thousands times more....
truly.
But, criminals are generally not smart, and laptops are not usually stolen for data theft purposes, but simple cash purposes.
But, criminals are generally not smart, and laptops are not usually stolen for data theft purposes, but simple cash purposes.
so it actually would be ineffective, if i stole your laptop, told my buddy i have an extra ill sell it to him for 200 bux, then it gets tracked to him, how would he have known its stolen?
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