Undercover theft prevention

[Roger Howard]

On Tue, November 14, 2006 4:41 am, Matt Johnston wrote:
>
> On 14 Nov 2006, at 11:59, Google Kreme wrote:
>
>> On 14 Nov 2006, at 03:39 , Matt Johnston wrote:
>>> On 14 Nov 2006, at 10:28, Google Kreme wrote:
>>>> On 13 Nov 2006, at 16:32 , Roland Torres wrote:
>>>>> Hmm..
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Zap PRAM
>>>>
>>>> Nope.  Firmware password.
>>>>
>>>> Doh!
>>>
>>> 1. Remove Firmware Password.
>>>
>>> We're good to go....
>>
>> Yes, but, now we're a bit beyond the typical laptop thief, no?
>
> Sorry, I thought that laptop theft was a 'business' and people who do
> it were able to use Google?

Mine was stolen by a young, tech-savvy punk, and yet he sold it on eBay
without even reformatting the drive - hell, he sold it without even
dumping my login... he posted a photo on his eBay listing showing my
computer logged in to the auto-login account (I had just wiped it and only
restored my basic account settings as I was sending it to AppleCare), and
it had one of my custom desktop images with my full name watermarked in
the corner! Duh.

And, again, this kid was tech-savvy, had over 250 sales on eBay (most
laptops, phones, etc)... and I still see him on AIM every night.
Someday...

-Rh