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Mac Theft Recovery Software Tracks Thieves

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ironc-actions dept.

Dubpal writes "Apple Macintosh users can now fit their machines with theft protection software that reports back on what a thief is doing with their computer, should it ever be stolen. The software, named "Undercover" allows users to report their Macs as stolen, causing the software to report back with IPs, screenshots and even a picture of the thief and his surroundings. In addition to this, Undercover begins faking hardware faults, displaying messages and even reading them aloud, alerting anyone around that the Mac's been stolen."

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  1. Apple's to learn a valuable lesson the hard way by suv4x4 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You can lie how fast your machine is, you can lie how good your OS is, you can lie how bright your screen is.

    But if you try to sell false security and lie it's real, you're up for a great surprise.

    1. Re:Apple's to learn a valuable lesson the hard way by ktappe · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      Apparently those who drive SUV's and are so proud of this they use same for their username are not smart enough to understand this is not an Apple product.

      -Kurt

      --
      "We can categorically state we have not released man-eating badgers into the area." - UK military spokesman, July 2007
    2. Re:Apple's to learn a valuable lesson the hard way by suv4x4 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      You've just realised that you didn't RTFA, right?

      No, now I did.

      I've been always amazed how quickly registered users drop to AC's if they doubt it'll be good for their karma though.