Re: big brother at school

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Date sent:              Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:09:06 -0500
From:                   Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>

> 1. Surely any competent thief, on bagging one of these laptops, would
> begin by making sure the computer was disconnected from all networks
> (perhaps turning off the wireless via a hardware switch, if available)
> and then reloading the software, starting with the operating system.

Once did some work for a company that made laptop tracking software.

One of the salescritters, a person who knew all about the software, what it did, and 
responsible for presenting all this information to potential purchasers, stole one 
of the company laptops.

And got caught.

Fortunately, most thieves are thieves because they are incompetent.

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