orbicule.com— Undercover, a piece of software for macs, can now take pictures of a thief if you install it on your macbook or macook pro using the built-in iSight camera. Assuming it doesn't overheat first.
May 21, 2006View in Crawl 4
its not very practical, if apple maybe put it in the OS its self then maybe it will be worth it but hey what does apple care? stolen ibook just means you will have to buy another. and it has to connect to the internet before it can even identify if its stolen or not and i dont think macs are that great with wifi... so if the theif has some knowledge he would probably purge the harddrive of useless things.
Mobile phones can be disabled by IMEI Number over the network.Here in Australia, the Carriers are hesitant to do this because half the people using the network are using Second Hand or Stolen Handsets. If they started disabling Stolen Phones, they'd loose half their customers.
Have any MacBooks actually OVER-heated?I thought the issue was that certain models got hotter than the owners expected before the fans cut in, and that this was due to thermal paste transferring heat to the aluminum case.To my knowledge, this is how they were designed and they are operating within expected parameters. Have there actually been reports of hardware failure from heat?
A nice idea - but Macbooks already come with their own inbuilt security system - an Intel processor. Just look for the guy running down the street with his pants on fire. Chances are he has your Macbook and was silly enough to place it in his lap.
systmbetatesterMay 21, 2006
its not very practical, if apple maybe put it in the OS its self then maybe it will be worth it but hey what does apple care? stolen ibook just means you will have to buy another. and it has to connect to the internet before it can even identify if its stolen or not and i dont think macs are that great with wifi... so if the theif has some knowledge he would probably purge the harddrive of useless things.
salvoMay 21, 2006
Mobile phones can be disabled by IMEI Number over the network.Here in Australia, the Carriers are hesitant to do this because half the people using the network are using Second Hand or Stolen Handsets. If they started disabling Stolen Phones, they'd loose half their customers.
nichumMay 21, 2006
You can always get iAlertU first, than register it with BoomerangIt, than register it with DataDots, than pray.
ravenmuffinMay 22, 2006
Have any MacBooks actually OVER-heated?I thought the issue was that certain models got hotter than the owners expected before the fans cut in, and that this was due to thermal paste transferring heat to the aluminum case.To my knowledge, this is how they were designed and they are operating within expected parameters. Have there actually been reports of hardware failure from heat?
davetcgMay 22, 2006
That's funny! I modded you guys up even though at -15 it was kind of pointless.Rock on.
colgateMay 22, 2006
A nice idea - but Macbooks already come with their own inbuilt security system - an Intel processor. Just look for the guy running down the street with his pants on fire. Chances are he has your Macbook and was silly enough to place it in his lap.