FromTheRafters wrote:

>According to the story, it was wiped clean of software (a BIOS rootkit is
>able to make the tracking software persist) , and that is one of
>the reasons she gave for believing that the low price was legitimate.
>
>I don't believe that for a second.

Nor do I, I would have called the kids parents to ask first.

But I don't think LoJack needed to take screen shots of her with her
legs spread apart (no ****), to get the information needed to locate the
missing unit. I think a better approach would have been for LoJack to
disable the boot sequence, informing them that unit is stolen, and
provide a telephone number to call and explain what happened and make
arrangements to return it.

I'll bet there are hundreds if not 1000's of hot laptops being sold
daily to unwitting buyers. An opportunity for the recipient of the
stolen goods to do the right thing before a Federal Case had to be made
of it would have been nice. (Or a SWAT team busting in @ 3A - worst
case!) ;-)


(legs apart ref.)
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"According to court documents, in June 2008 Magnus began recording
Clements-Jeffrey’s keystrokes and monitoring her web surfing. At one
point, while snooping on Clements-Jeffrey’s webcam communications with
her boyfriend, Magnus also captured three screenshots from her laptop
monitor, which showed Clements-Jeffrey naked in the webcam images. In
one picture, her legs were spread apart."