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Stolen Laptop

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insomniac321123

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Not for sure if this is the right place for this, but here goes

My laptop got stolen last thursday. What can i do besides the police and my insurance company? Sould I call apple? ANy advice on the situation would be great.
 
Call Apple w/ your Serial # and they can flag it so if the computer is taken into service it will come up as stolen.


Sorry to hear about it. :(

Kevin
 
Not much you can do if you didn't keep a password on the login... That will sometimes stump them enough to avoid getting your personal data stolen.

When you buy a replacement from the insurance money, buy a copy of Lo-Jack. It should at least render the machine useless to the thief and report the IP address to authorities which might catch the git.
 
Assume that anything you have saved on the computer, including credit card accounts, email accounts, passwords, everything is accessible to the thieves. Anything you filled into online forms may be present on the drive.

Change all of your passwords, PINs, consider getting new charge cards just as if you had lost your wallet. Monitor your online accounts to see if they have been changed without your sayso.

Stealing one computer is one thing; the opportinity to hijack an eBay account and 'sell' tens of thousands of dollars worth is quite another, to a savvy thief. Or to drain a PayPal account and send off as much money as you linked charge card will stand.
 
iDuck said:
http://orbicule.com/undercover/

Next time, this looks like an interesting piece of software.

Sorry to hear about the theft..
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Would smart thier would reformat the hard drive anyway. Sometime I get fews people try sell me stolen laptop, but too bad it isn't a Mac. I would Zero Format the data and re-install Windows.

But I'm curious how it got stolen? Was it left at a office or a work place and you went somewhere? Would be freaky to know if they actually go in your house and stole it.
 
I am a college student. It was stolen at night while both I and my room mate were asleep in the room. The doors are easy enough to card open. So... The first thing i will buy for my new laptop is a security lock.
 
Phew... glad you're receiving money for it :)
At least you're getting paid back, just remember, put a new lock on the dorm room and some landmines in the hallway :) should be fine!

I personally would go Vigilante if someone stole my baby... especially in my case where probably everything I own was paid by my hard-earned money, I hate when people steal from other people in similar or even lower economical status, If you want to steal from someone go to Walmart or some crap and eat twinkies without paying... at least you're not hurting anyone :D eheh.
 
dmw007 said:
That looks like a really cool application iDuck. :)
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I used obicules Undercover on both my last iBook and iMac, though I never had to use it.

By all counts, it looked like a solid piece of software, and the one-time fee was really appealing, instead of a yearly fee like others charge.
 
cardiac dave said:
I used obicules Undercover on both my last iBook and iMac, though I never had to use it.
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A good thing to be sure. :D

cardiac dave said:
By all counts, it looked like a solid piece of software, and the one-time fee was really appealing, instead of a yearly fee like others charge.
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I liked that too, I am more likely to be willing to a pay a one time, flat fee then have to pay for a service like that monthly.
 
Neonguy said:
Would smart thier would reformat the hard drive anyway. Sometime I get fews people try sell me stolen laptop, but too bad it isn't a Mac. I would Zero Format the data and re-install Windows.
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Smart User would follow Orbicule's recomendation to:
-do the firmware edit to password-protect the laptop and make it unbootable from the DVD drive.
-password protect your user account
-set up an 'other' account (non-admin) to allow the thief to use the laptop, while Undercover tracks them.
 
cardiac dave said:
Smart User would follow Orbicule's recomendation to:
-do the firmware edit to password-protect the laptop and make it unbootable from the DVD drive.
-password protect your user account
-set up an 'other' account (non-admin) to allow the thief to use the laptop, while Undercover tracks them.
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In that case, swap out the Hard Driver for another one. hehe.
 
How can I go about deauthorizing the computer for iTunes? I want to make this as difficult for them as possible.
 
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