[SpamCop-List] Re: Pump and Dump

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"Mike B" <mrcics2000-spamcop-nomail at nomail.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "John E. Malmberg" <wb8tyw at qsl.network> wrote in message
> news:MFFwIH7AZHYR at eisner.encompasserve.org
> >
> > It seems to me that a good application to hide on a laptop is one
> > where it periodically contacts "Mother" to explain where it is.  If
> > it can not contact "Mother" and the user does not know a special
> > password, or "Mother" tells it it is stolen, than the laptop can take
> > evasive action, like cranking up it's speakers to full volume and
> > explaining in several locally used languages
> > how a reward can be obtained for it's recovery.
> >
> > You might get lucky in that the thief may not wipe the hard drive,
> > and if the reward is about the same amount as a fence will pay, you
> > may recover the device.
> >
>
> A laptop with a power-on password, a harddrive password and a different
> admin password set is practically useless to a thief. May not stop it from
> getting nicked, but at least it can't be used.
>

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Do all those passwords mean that the Feds, cops, etc. cannot read your hard
drive - who are you kidding, if they can 'break' the passwords, so can a
thief.

The stolen laptop can always have the hard drive reformatted which kills all
your protection.

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