Re: LoJack for Laptops

[M.L.]

>So, if a wouldbe thief takes one of these machines, delojacks it, and
>forgets, and a customer eventually updates the bios; they won't know
>it, but they've reinstalled lojack and thanks to the extra chip, it's
>going to report itself stolen and they're going to be sorry. Unless
>they're running linux of course. But, most people probably will run
>windows, at some point. If they run it in a vm, that's enough to
>relojack [g]
>
>Now that I understand what's going on with the partnership program, I
>can see how this could be a huge hassle for stealing laptops. [g].

Huge? Given the slight chance of the latest buyer updating the BIOS,
the victim will still need the help of police to retrieve the stolen
laptop. Many large city PDs won't be bothered. And if too much time
has passed, the victim likely won't be bothered either.

There could be even more hassle for the victim if the laptop is
located far away or in another country.

[G. Morgan]

M.L. wrote:

>Huge? Given the slight chance of the latest buyer updating the BIOS,
>the victim will still need the help of police to retrieve the stolen
>laptop. Many large city PDs won't be bothered. And if too much time
>has passed, the victim likely won't be bothered either.

I wonder if they tell the customer what information they have so the
owner can take matters into his own hands?

[~BD~]

M.L. wrote:
>
>
>> So, if a wouldbe thief takes one of these machines, delojacks it, and
>> forgets, and a customer eventually updates the bios; they won't know
>> it, but they've reinstalled lojack and thanks to the extra chip, it's
>> going to report itself stolen and they're going to be sorry. Unless
>> they're running linux of course. But, most people probably will run
>> windows, at some point. If they run it in a vm, that's enough to
>> relojack [g]
>>
>> Now that I understand what's going on with the partnership program, I
>> can see how this could be a huge hassle for stealing laptops. [g].
>
> Huge? Given the slight chance of the latest buyer updating the BIOS,
> the victim will still need the help of police to retrieve the stolen
> laptop. Many large city PDs won't be bothered. And if too much time
> has passed, the victim likely won't be bothered either.
>
> There could be even more hassle for the victim if the laptop is
> located far away or in another country.

My understanding is that the LoJack staff liaise with and help the
police to recover a stolen laptop.

Read the FAQ - http://www.absolute.com/Shared/FAQs/L4L-FAQ-E.sflb.ashx


What do you mean by “Theft Recovery”?

Exactly what it says – we will help to recover your computer if it is
stolen. If this happens, the Absolute Theft Recovery Team will work with
local police to locate it and return it to you. We recover thousands of
stolen computers each year.

How does this work?

If your computer is stolen, contact us. The next time your computer
connects to the internet it will silently switch to theft mode with
Agent contact increasing from once per day to every 15 minutes. This
increased contact will allow the Absolute Theft Recovery Team to
forensically mine your computer using a variety of procedures including
key captures, registry and file scanning, geolocation, and other
investigative techniques to determine who has your computer and what
they’re doing with it.

Most importantly, we will use our technology to pinpoint the physical
location of your computer and work closely with local law enforcement to
recover it.

[Dustin]

~BD~ <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
news:j4qmol$ugj$1@dont-email.me:

> My understanding is that the LoJack staff liaise with and help the
> police to recover a stolen laptop.

Yep. they do...



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Hold my prayers upto the sun
I am a sinner
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[~BD~]

Dustin wrote:
> ~BD~<~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
> news:j4qmol$ugj$1@dont-email.me:
>
>> My understanding is that the LoJack staff liaise with and help the
>> police to recover a stolen laptop.
>
> Yep. they do...
>
>
>

Thanks for confirming, Dustin.