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<blockquote data-quote="ArrowJ" data-source="post: 1157716" data-attributes="member: 127625"><p>I've been thinking more and more about security lately. I saw that Hidden was giving away their software until Christmas (although they cancelled the giveaway early b/c too many people responded...not cool <a href="http://hiddenapp.com" target="_blank">Hidden - The most advanced theft tracking software for your Mac.</a>), and it got me thinking. Then I saw a video on Gizmodo about a hacker getting his G5 back after it was stolen <a href="http://gizmo.do/hAo7it" target="_blank">What Happens When You Steal a Hacker's Computer</a></p><p></p><p>The thing is, this guy didn't use a strong login password and if he had the guy would have just reformatted the drive and he wouldn't have gotten it back. Just wondering what you guys do.</p><p></p><p>I use a strong login password, a different strong password for 1Password and appropriately strong passwords for all the services I login to. I haven't bought any retrieval software because of the situation I described above. I figure if they steal my laptop they won' t be able to get into it easily and will probably just opt for reformatting. This way I lose my laptop, but not my data (which is backed up offsite).</p><p></p><p>What is your preferred solution?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ArrowJ, post: 1157716, member: 127625"] I've been thinking more and more about security lately. I saw that Hidden was giving away their software until Christmas (although they cancelled the giveaway early b/c too many people responded...not cool [url=http://hiddenapp.com]Hidden - The most advanced theft tracking software for your Mac.[/url]), and it got me thinking. Then I saw a video on Gizmodo about a hacker getting his G5 back after it was stolen [url=http://gizmo.do/hAo7it]What Happens When You Steal a Hacker's Computer[/url] The thing is, this guy didn't use a strong login password and if he had the guy would have just reformatted the drive and he wouldn't have gotten it back. Just wondering what you guys do. I use a strong login password, a different strong password for 1Password and appropriately strong passwords for all the services I login to. I haven't bought any retrieval software because of the situation I described above. I figure if they steal my laptop they won' t be able to get into it easily and will probably just opt for reformatting. This way I lose my laptop, but not my data (which is backed up offsite). What is your preferred solution? [/QUOTE]
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