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Home : Security : Orbicule’s Undercover Software Is Like A LoJack For Laptops

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Orbicule’s Undercover Software Is Like A LoJack For Laptops

Looking for a way to better protect yourself from laptop thieves? A company called Orbicule says they have a new piece of software that acts as a LoJack for laptops.

June 14, 2006 by Joe Michaels
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Looking for a way to better protect yourself from laptop thieves? A company called Orbicule says they have a new piece of software that acts as a LoJack for laptops.

Did your Apple MacBook get stolen already? Hopefully, you had Undercover installed. Undercover is an application that aids in the recovery of a stolen Macintosh. It works by transmitting the internet location (internal and external IP addresses and the router address) of the stolen Mac and by sending screenshots as well as images from any connected cameras. At one point these screenshots will sooner or later reveal the thief’s identity (e.g. when chatting, reading and writing emails). Combine that with images from any connected cameras and you have a very powerful recovery tool.

As you can imagine, Undercover can be especially useful for owners Apple MacBooks with built-in iSight cameras.

Once You Know Where Your Stolen Laptop Is, How Do You Get It Back?

But once you know the location of your stolen laptop, then what? Go knock on the thief’s front door and get your ass kicked? No way. Orbicule, the makers of Undercover, then work with local police and law enforcement to help recover the stolen Mac. And if things go wrong, Undercover switches to plan B and simulates a hardware failure, forcing the thief (or someone who bought the stolen Mac on eBay) to return it to an authorized reseller. To alert the reseller, Undercover will start displaying full-screen messages and it will shout that the Mac has been stolen.

Undercover Is The LoJack For Laptops

Owning Undercover is like having both a private detective and a LoJack for your laptop. Not a bad idea considering that 600,000 laptops were stolen in the USA during 2004 and only 3% were recovered. If only they made Undercover for iPods.

Undercover is only $30 and comes with a money-back guarantee. For more information check out at Orbicule’s website.

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