On Friday 17 July 2009, narendra sisodiya wrote: > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Aditya MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > I guess the police can use the MAC address to identify the laptop on > > recovering it, making sure of the ownership - which is probably why they > > asked for it. Tracking down a laptop using a MAC address does not seem > > practically possible for the police or anyone... it is very easy to > > change the MAC address temporarily while connecting to the internet, and > > marginally > > more difficult to change it permanently. > > -- > > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > > Today, when I contacted to service center, they suggested me "*to have > BIOS/Machine level password. without password the laptop is useless and he > has to come to service center* and we would have catch it" is it true ?? > any thought on this "prevention is better then cure"
Rubbish. Open the back and reset the cmos. Even the PS2 and Xboxen were cracked, and they went to extreme lengths to prevent booting from unsigned media. The robbed laptop / auto markets are well oiled businesses, and ensure that they are not traceable. Of course one hopes that the theif was an amateur. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
