Protect your personal data and recover your stolen laptop
Tuesday 16th of August 2011
Filed under What Present To Buy For Anyone With A Laptop

Despite them only having been around for a decade or so, for those of us with laptops it's hard to imagine life without them. Our whole life is on there, work, play and leisure and there's more personal information than you'd care to believe.

When your laptop is stolen, the feeling of panic only increases the more you remember what's on it. Many save their passwords (or have passwords so weak that they can be cracked immediately), cue frantic phone calls to banks and sleepless nights worrying about identity fraud. For most of us, the theft of the actual laptop is negligible, it's the information on it that has us in a cold sweat.

Wouldn't it be lovely to be able to remotely delete any information and possibly get your laptop back . . .

Cue the Lojack For Laptops Software Package by Absolute Software. This software-based theft recovery service locates and recovers stolen computers and protects the personal information of customers from the risk of identity theft.

The software is easily and quickly installed and essentially authorises the LoJack security servers to communicate with your laptop each time it connects to the internet.

If the unthinkable happens and your laptop is stolen, simply contact Absolute Software and the local police. You can immediately protect your privacy by remotely deleting files from the missing computer, including files and applications containing personal photos, internet bookmarks, browser cookies, financial information and stored passwords. Everything an identity thief would need to steal an identity.

Even better, the next time the laptop connects to the internet the Absolute Theft Recovery Team will launch an investigation using proven forensic programs and procedures including key captures, registry and file scanning, geolocation and other investigative techniques to determine exactly who has the computer. They will pinpoint the location of the computer and work closely with police to recover and return it to the owner.

This is one of these gifts that is literally priceless should the worst happen. This isn't just software, the company offer a complete service, from protecting your info to liaising with the police and tracking down your laptop too. And it's not expensive either - you get a years full protection for just £34.99 online.

The Lojack For Laptops Software is available in both PC and Mac versions.