Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Chris Ridd Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: how? Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 08:30:55 +0100 Lines: 22 Message-ID: <953e1fF6cdU2@mid.individual.net> References: <00addd67-75e8-4a93-85ed-d6aadba6dae2@q12g2000prb.googlegroups.com> <030620111515456670%nospam@nospam.invalid> <819fb50b-15b0-4434-9021-8cdc3e98220f@35g2000prp.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net kGv/9HMaPBw75ZyS+UQKPQ8Qlo8KZMs2gDY02bqT7748pxsJVe Cancel-Lock: sha1:ugS0s1v0aAfKY1bp1I9rmT0AUuw= User-Agent: Unison/2.1.4 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.sys.mac.misc:328 On 2011-06-06 04:40:17 +0100, RichD said: > On Jun 3, Michelle Steiner wrote: >>> So all a thief has to do is erase the drive and re-install OS X? >> >> Yeah, but he doesn't get any of your personal data.   >> And if you discover that the computer is missing before >> he has a chance to do erase the drive, >> you have a good chance of locating the computer >> before he does. > > That's my question too - in order to erase the > disk, he has to start the machine, right? > And the undercover anti-theft program will load > itself automatically, I assume, and start doing > its thing immediately, snapping photos before > the thief goes through the process of reformatting. Not if you boot from an external disk. -- Chris