<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; "><div><div>On 9 Jan 2014, at 09:53, Andy Newton <<a href="mailto:amn@ecs.soton.ac.uk">amn@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>> wrote:</div><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></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Although I'd recommend caution there as well:</div><div><br></div><div><a 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><div><br></div><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><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div></div><div>
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