Tracking your computer if stolen

skippy64

I came across this tonight via pro-photo website and I thought it would be of interest to fellow Apple computer owners.
http://orbicule.com/undercover/
Basically if you are unfortunate to have your laptop stolen or even your desktop stolen this software will give its location away to the head office of the software company if the computer gets reconnected to the internet. I dont make any claims to understanding how and if it works, I just thought it was worthy of a mention on here.
Obviously I don't know if there is already a PC equivalent, this is just something I had never heard of for the Mac before so I thought it was worth a mention.

gizmos

skippy64 wrote:

I came across this tonight via pro-photo website and I thought it would be of interest to fellow Apple computer owners.
http://orbicule.com/undercover/
Basically if you are unfortunate to have your laptop stolen or even your desktop stolen this software will give its location away to the head office of the software company if the computer gets reconnected to the internet. I dont make any claims to understanding how and if it works, I just thought it was worthy of a mention on here.
Obviously I don't know if there is already a PC equivalent, this is just something I had never heard of for the Mac before so I thought it was worth a mention.

Dell offer a similar service when you buy a PC. Though it must be purchased (£70 I think) when you get the machine. They guarantee to get machine back apparently (dont hold me to that) or refund you cost price.