Antitheft project?

[Arthur H. Johnson II]

On Fri, 22 May 2009, drew einhorn wrote:

> My laptop was stolen!
> 
> I had to assume that a brighter than average thief
> was able to access all the information on it, so I spent a
> lot of time notifying banks, credit card companies, etc.
> 
> We got all the accounts closed, before any fraudulent
> transactions occurred, but it will be a while before
> the replacement accounts are working.
> 
> What a pain!!!

Man, I feel for you.  Its never happened to me, but I could only immagine 
what that must be like.

I don't think that anti-theft measures are going to matter.  Laptops and 
computers are handled much like autos.  The first thing they are going to 
do is either wipe the hard drive, or sell it right away, which that person 
will probably wipe the hard drive if he knows the unit is hot.  If not, 
what you'll be getting are pictures of a poor schmuck that got grifted by 
the dude who stole your unit.

I would just lick your wounds and move on.