A video on how to track a stolen MB/MBP

[dvader]

I've read a few posts about stolen MB/MBPs and thought this might be helpful for those who are worried about where their stolen MB/MBPs are.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-5EZ8fuKHw

 

[Fearless Leader]

i find this pointless. When i steal laptops i wipe em clean. and ip addresses will only confuse cops. no offense but this generalization of my local police department.

 

[THX2008]

i find this pointless. When i steal laptops i wipe em clean. and ip addresses will only confuse cops. no offense but this generalization of my local police department.

You steal laptops?

 

[furious]

You steal laptops?

Still learning sarcasm at school I see.

 

[bearbo]

i find this pointless. When i steal laptops i wipe em clean. and ip addresses will only confuse cops. no offense but this generalization of my local police department.

experienced, i see

 

[xparaparafreakx]

i find this pointless. When i steal laptops i wipe em clean. and ip addresses will only confuse cops. no offense but this generalization of my local police department.

Yes, people who steal do wipe or sell it quicky for crack.

 

[scotty588]

I've got a couple question. I am sure people have heard of that software called Undercover and I have read recovery stories about this. Now the thing is I have a password on my MBP so what good is this if thief can't even get around this. I am not positive but I can't you put in your OSX disk and reset the password that way? Then again do you really think a thief has the resources or the intelligence to know this? So in order for the Undercover app to really work you have to have your computer non password protected correct?

 

[Fearless Leader]

Yes, people who steal do wipe or sell it quicky for crack.

i go for weed personally.

I've got a couple question. I am sure people have heard of that software called Undercover and I have read recovery stories about this. Now the thing is I have a password on my MBP so what good is this if thief can't even get around this. I am not positive but I can't you put in your OSX disk and reset the password that way? Then again do you really think a thief has the resources or the intelligence to know this? So in order for the Undercover app to really work you have to have your computer non password protected correct?

You can reset passwords with install disks. I certainly have the resources to reset the passwords of stolen laptops. And you'd be right about having to unlock the computer.

But i don't go that far most of the time sell it fast for the weed.

for sarcastic impaired i am joking i usually copy all the data off first.

 

[Sun Baked]

Still learning sarcasm at school I see.

Yes, still hard at work trying to master it.

 

[logandzwon]

Contray to comon sense, most people whom steal notebooks don't wipe them.

 

[Allotriophagy]

Who steals MACS anyway? They suck.

 

[mattscott306]

Who steals MACS anyway? They suck.

Thats what I was wondering. Personally, I go for windows desktops installed with windows '95. I heard those things is the shiz.

 

[chrisdazzo]

would firmware protect a stolen MBP from being wiped/re-used?

 

[Allotriophagy]

Thats what I was wondering. Personally, I go for windows desktops installed with windows '95. I heard those things is the shiz.

LOLOMG. Dude. DUDE. 95 is OLD TECHNOLOGY. 98 is where it is at.

Tupac told me so, in a dream.

I can't quite believe someone made a Youtube video which tells people to type in URLs...when he was spelling out macupdate.com, I did not have any idea what he was spelling until I saw the logo load up.