What Are the Best Laptop Theft Recovery Measures?

[somanyholes]

http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/08/04/19/2249231.shtml

[Lance]

One of those kensington desk locks would do the job, wouldn't it?

[Glenn]

Nope they just snap off, the lock attaches to a metal plate behind the plastic of the case, the plate is approx 1cm square on most HP & Dell laptops.

[Lance]

Oh well, I now know not to bother with them!

[Rik]

I agree with the general sentiments expressed. Unless you keep the laptop in a safe, you're unlikely to prevent its theft and unlikely to see it again. Backups are more critical for laptops than desktops in that sense.

[somanyholes]

saw this a while ago, how to break a kensington lock with toilet paper

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/05/18/howto-open-laptop-lo.html



it really is poor looking through the comments on the article that even if people advise the police that their laptop has been stolen that they will do nothing to help the majority of the time if you provide them with the ip of the offender, or the person who has bought the equipement,

[Rik]

I saw the loo roll method a while ago. I've always felt that Kensington locks are nothing more than cosmetic - that rather proved it.

Unfortunately, these days, the police use too much of their resources dealing with paperwork and weekend drunks, they don't have enough time left to deal with real crime.

[somanyholes]

remembering of course that cybercrime doesn't exist

[Rik]

Neither does credit card fraud anymore, of course.

[Niall]

The best theft recovery is a hammer + knee caps

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[somanyholes]

The best theft recovery is a hammer + knee caps

can we swap kneecaps for hands niall, then they won't be able to use the stolen lappies

[Niall]

Okay, a hammer + kneecaps + hands. I'm happy to compromise

[somanyholes]