"David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:34:16 -0400, FromTheRafters <erratic.howard@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I still think it is a good thing for retrieving a stolen laptop.
>
> Giving control of your pc to a company, and trusting all of their
> employees? I don't think so.
>
> It isn't hardware based, so it can be removed if the thief, realizes
> it's there, or reformats, but there is freeware to allow you to do
> the same thing, yourself.
>
> http://preyproject.com/

This one does involve hardware in cooperation with certain
manufacturing partners.

Absolute

http://blog.lojackforlaptops.com/201...-is-recovered/