Is Lo Jack effective in recovering laptops?

Question

Has anybody actually gotten their laptop stolen and recovered it with Lo jack?

Answer 1

I would assume it is. It's a great way for people to get their stolen cars/trucks/boats/bike, back right away. So one would think it would be the same with a laptop.

Answer 2

Probably not many people, especially if the thieves can reinstall the OS.

Maybe a few people who were 'lucky' enough to have their laptops stolen by complete idiots that didn't know how to remove the tracking *software* that can't survive a re-install.

If it were hardware then it might be very effective against almost anyone but it's not.  Better to just set a BIOS password and hope the thieves don't manage to sell something that no customer of the stolen goods can turn on.

Answer 3

Computrace Embedded in the BIOS

To help make sure that the Computrace Agent cannot be disabled by criminals, Absolute Software works with computer manufacturers to pre-install a portion of the agent in the BIOS. The BIOS-based Computrace Agent has the ability to survive operating re-installations, hard-drive reformats, and hard drive replacements.

The Bios-based agent will secretly re-install Computrace LoJack for Laptops on a stolen computer, so our Theft Recovery Team can track and recover the stolen computer even if the hard drive has been replaced or tampered with.

http://www.lojackforlaptops.com/products...

recoveries are too few and far between to indicate much of a meaningful success !