[Ti] Tibook recovery

[Robert Nicholson]

On Saturday, January 25, 2003, at 05:36  PM, Robert Ameeti wrote:

>>>> http://www.computersecurity.com/stealth/
>>>>
>>>> This is a tracking system that installs to OSX and when a stolen 
>>>> Tibook or other laptop connects to the Internet it tracks the 
>>>> location by IP.
>
> Before the computer can connect with the Internet, it must have 
> completed the boot process. If the owner is in any way a security 
> conscious person, they will not have enabled booting without a 
> password at startup. Given that the thief does not know your semi 
> secure password to boot the machine, they will then try to boot from a 
> CD to reset the password. If you have enabled Open Firmware password 
> protection, booting from a CD will not be possible without the Open 
> Firmware password.
>
MacUser or MacFormat in the UK posted in this months issue that on an 
ibook you simply have to
remove the ram ... press a hot key combination to disable open firmware 
password so I don't think
it's worth the trouble to go this way.

We've discussed this issue last time this topic was removed.

> The only option to the thief is to then go to an Apple authorized 
> dealer to reset the Open Firmware password after having shown a 
> purchase receipt, or to choose to upgrade the machine with a new 
> larger hard drive thereby bypassing all of the security that you 
> thought you had.
>
> Hmmmm. I wonder what I would do if I was a thief?
>
> I think it best to keep an eye on your stuff.
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