Much like the black plague in the middle ages, laptop thievery is raging everywhere. The numbers don't lie, you have a 10% shot of getting your super cool new laptop stolen. Want to hear the undoubtedly bad news? roughly none of those will ever be seen again.
Simple Ways to Thwart Laptop Thieves
Cell Phone Backup
Always Have Your Eyes Open
You wouldn't walk colse to a bad neighborhood without knowing your surroundings would you? Don't just leave your laptop sitting colse to unattended. Watch it like a hawk eyes it's prey.
Lock It Up
Using locks that possible thieves can see is a good deterrent. Of policy any hard core thief will not be put off by this, if they want it they will get it. But, less hardened criminals will most likely keep finding for a much easier target.
Passwords, Passwords, Passwords! Oh, and Encryption Too.
The use of passwords and more importantly data encryption will dramatically decrease the likelihood that your sensitive data will be used.
Most computers nowadays have an option to set a Bios password, use it! protect your laptop by any means necessary. This added layer of protection can help tremendously.
Modern operating systems now allow you to encrypt files and even the entire contents of a folder. Read up about it and make sure anyone you don't want habitancy to see if encrypted.
Protection Via Software
There are several software programs ready today that will help you recover a stolen laptop. How they work is once your laptop (or cell phone) is stolen the software sends out a beacon telling you where your laptop is.
Mark Your Territory
Whenever I buy a laptop the first thing that I do is mark it up. No not with anyone the naked eye can see. There are ultra-violet markers out there that once put under a Uv light can see anyone you write on it. It's also a must to keep your laptop serial number handy and kept separately from where your laptop is stored.
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Another cool software schedule that will keep your data safe is a remote data deletion program. These commonly control in tandem with a gain server that once alerted of theft will remotely delete your laptop data.
Backup Your Information
The very first things I setup onto a new law are first an anti virus schedule and second, a data backup program. If you've ever had a hard drive crash you know how painful it can be to lose everything on your computer. Backup all pertinent data on a quarterly basis. This way even if some creep steals your laptop you can have all that prominent information back. I might be a tiny paranoid here but what I do is have complicated backups on numerous Usb hard drives. You can never be safe adequate in my opinion.
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