[Ti] Powerbook thieving - ComputerGuardian?

[Robert Nicholson]

Well we all know how reliable that is.

On Apr 23, 2004, at 3:06 PM, John Mistretta wrote:

> I looked into it at one time and it explained that ComputerGuardian's 
> uses Apple's Open Firmware password to effectively lock out anyone 
> trying to reformat the drive.
>
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/02/18/secure_tibook.html
>
> On Apr 20, 2004, at 1:47 PM, robert at elastica.com wrote:
>
>> I have some phone home stuff on my machine but honestly how does it 
>> work if a a
>> Thief cannot access the machine and therefore has to reformat the 
>> drive
>> anyway?
>
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