FREE tool to track lost/stolen laptops

Colleges & Universities University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>An unfortunate fact of life at any University is that laptops are small valuable items, so they can end up lost or stolen. The University of Washington has released a free tool to help you recover a lost or stolen laptop. It installs a piece of software that periodically connects to the internet and allows you (but only you) to identify where the laptop is. A press release is at [Free</a> Adeona service tracks stolen laptops | University of Washington](<a href=“http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=43037]Free”>http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=43037)</p>

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You can get the software at [url=<a href=“http://adeona.cs.washington.edu/]Adeona[/url”>http://adeona.cs.washington.edu/]Adeona[/url</a>]</p>

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<p>cool, let me know how it goes.</p>

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<p>wow thanks! i just installed it on my mac. let’s hope i never need it.</p>

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<p>What if the person who steals it does a clean install of the OS, will Adeona still be on the machine? Probably not! Of course the thief will have to be smart enough to do it.</p>

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<p>Let’s test it!</p>

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<p>grasspuppet, if you read thru the info on the site you’ll see your suspicion is correct. A thief can remove or overwrite the SW. However your hope is that if your laptop is ever lost/stolen its by someone who just starts using their “free” machine or lists it on craigslist so you have a shot at recovering it. Its not perfect protection, but its better than nothing.</p>

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<p>^ I just skimmed through it so I missed that part.</p>