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

[Chris Andrews]

At that point you could well be shafted if the Find My Mac stuff is firmware-based and locks the machine like it would for an iPhone or iPad. Once you’ve used an Apple ID to deactivate those, they’re basically bricked until you reactivate them with your credentials.

On 9 Jan 2014, at 10:47, Andy Newton <amn at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:

> 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> 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;  Telephone: 023 8059 6879 
>> 
> 

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