Re: how?

Date	2011-06-04 11:32 -0400
From	Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.programming, comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: how?
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On 2011-06-04 10:44 , Michelle Steiner wrote:
> In article<EaGdnYmiCpVSpHfQnZ2dnUVZ_radnZ2d@giganews.com>,
>   Alan Browne<alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca>  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.
>>
>> A savvy thief could disable the WiFi if interested in content, then once
>> the search for data is over erase the drive and install a fresh OS.
>>
>> But I suspect most thieves wouldn't care about the data - just erase the
>> disk and get the thing into the market.
>
> Most thefts of laptops (other than from stores and warehouses, that is) are
> thefts of opportunity by people who aren't very computer savvy.

But the buyers are.  And if they suspect* it was stolen, they will do 
whatever's possible to protect themselves.

*suspect: when the price is too good, and the point of purchase is "a 
cafe", in a car, etc. chances are it's stolen.

-- 
gmail originated posts filtered due to spam.

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