<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">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.<div><br><div><div>On 9 Jan 2014, at 10:47, Andy Newton <<a href="mailto:amn@ecs.soton.ac.uk">amn@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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On 09/01/2014 10:36, Andrew Paul Landells wrote:<br>
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<div>On 9 Jan 2014, at 09:53, Andy Newton <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:amn@ecs.soton.ac.uk">amn@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>>
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<blockquote type="cite">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 :-)<br>
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<div>Although I'd recommend caution there as well:</div>
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<div><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/">http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/</a></div>
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<div>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.</div>
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