[OSX-Users] Re: MacBook Pro Retina lock/security ?

[Andy Newton]

But he had backups... right? ;-)

On 09/01/2014 10:36, Andrew Paul Landells wrote:
> On 9 Jan 2014, at 09:53, Andy Newton <amn at ecs.soton.ac.uk 
> <mailto:amn at ecs.soton.ac.uk>> wrote:
>> You could turn on "find my mac", encrypt the disk and register the 
>> serial number with the police; doesn't physically stop it going 
>> walkies but increases the chances of getting it back afterwards :-)
>
> Although I'd recommend caution there as well:
>
> http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/
>
> tl;dr: This guy had his Apple account hacked, and because he had the 
> "find my mac" security enabled, the hacker was able to completely 
> trash all his files, without ever physically touching his computer.
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> Andrew Paul Landells
> Team Leader, Technical Innovation and Developments Team.
> iSolutions, B2/5013, University of Southampton, UK. SO17 1BJ
> Email: andy at soton.ac.uk <mailto:andy at soton.ac.uk>;  Telephone: 
> 023 8059 6879
>

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