Love these stories - but, although I have Prey installed, my account is passworded and full-disk encryption is on too.
So I guess it would be a reformat for the thief and no Prey for me?
So I guess it would be a reformat for the thief and no Prey for me?
Default boot into the first partition. If the system is stolen they will reboot and you can track. Because it has full admin they are less likely to reinstall.
Oh, but for actually using the computer? Yeah, somewhat impractical.
(My worry is not the $1000 I sunk on an easily-replaceable chunk of plastic wrapped around my data. It's my data. So my laptop boots up to "type the encryption key", and if you don't know it, you have to erase the disk and install your own OS, keeping my data safe. I'd rather my private data stay private than to take a picture of someone stealing my laptop. Also, my laptop never gets stolen.)