Anybody w/ a successful LoJack story?

So when i customized my laptop on hp.com I noticed a service / program called LoJack that could trace the thief of your rig and possibly get him prosecuted. My nb goes with me everywhere....well just home, work and school. So does anybody have a successful story to share w/ the rest of the community?

 

My Porsche was recovered using Lojack but you are talking about something the police would take interest in. Not sure about a notebook.

 

Here's a few successful stories...

http://www.lojackforlaptops.com/testimonial-lojack-for-laptops.asp?story=1#

I think the best way to protect your laptop and data while using LoJack is to protect your log in with a password and set up a guest account so the thief can log on.

Personally, I don't think it's worth the $50 per year, but like other kinds of insurance, it is if you need it.

 

Why is there a need to setup a guest account? It survives formats and reinstalls itself silently...

 

i work in retail while im in school and about a month ago a customer came in and told me her daughter's laptop was stolen...again. about 6 months before that she had one stolen along with her camera and other things, then they struck again but this time she had bought lojack for her new laptop. i cant remember what school she was at but i guess its common for thieves to keep targeting you since they know you will replace it and usually with something better. about two weeks went by and a rep from lojack called and said they had located an address where the laptop was used and they were in the process of obtaining warrants to have it seized. not sure if they were ever able to prosecute but she did get it back.

 

Cure for lowjack, remove the HDD and format externally. No success stories here, just a bunch of smart folks who know what to do if they see a lowjack sticker on a notebook.

 

That won't work... I tested it myself on my i1520 with LoJack by putting a brand new Hard Drive in and installing Windows Vista x64 Ultimate on it... It is still phoning home!

I haven't had my laptop stolen yet so I don't know how useful it will be in recovering the stuff, but one thing is for sure it is not easy to remove.

 

I believe it installs it in your BIOS...so changing HD's won't do any good

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but couldn't you set a firewall that stops anything from accessing the Internet unless you give it permission to transmit?

Lojack works by sending data to a monitoring center every 15 minutes, so the firewall would defeat the way Lojack works, right?