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Zap! It's gone! "But I left it here, I'm sure of it, how can it be? Who stole my … sorry who helped me hid my laptop please" or "oh my gawd! My laptop! My documents! lifetime investments!" or "shit, my laptop has been...! Laptop owners become laptop searchers. Lets see how we can protect our laptops from being stolen.
Regardless of whether you've just bought a loved one a new laptop for the upcoming holidays or got one for yourself, you may want to invest in some precautionary measures. Laptops are expensive, and some are not even easy to come by. Unfortunately, their sizes does not give a chance to detect or notice the carrier. Sleeker, thinner designs these days are also an agent that makes them even vulnerable and easier for people to steal.
If you lose your laptop in any circumstances, it is going to be the worst experience of your life. Most of the times, people take care of their laptop more than they take care of anything else, because they are aware of the fact that it is going to be a big loss for them. However, it becomes hard at times to safeguard the precious machine from the thieves, who leave no opportunity to pick them. Therefore, it has become a compulsion to equip your laptop with anti theft software so that it can be recovered safely. Laptop theft is one of the serious issues, because it is loaded with so many confidential files and expensive software that loosing it can shatter anyone.
First of all, when you get a new laptop, the number one thing you must do is to setup a password that control access to your lovely computer. Make your password a difficult one like say "laGbaJa+123" which is difficult to quickly cram by onlookers or ghost lookers. Incorporating numbers, capitalization and punctuation is highly advised. If you think you'll forget it, write it down and keep it somewhere safe. But you see, having difficult-to-remember password protection is not enough, though it may prevent someone from gaining access to your top level documents right away, but for many hackers, cracking passwords is easier than solving an elementary maths.
One of the most effective ways to keep your laptop safe and easy to recover is to install software that tracks its whereabouts. The software is not so expensive, let say between N10,000 and N15,000, particularly if it's for a personal account. Buying this software will not only allow you and the police to locate the computer, but tracking software can also automatically delete your hard drive to protect your personal files, lock your computer or sound an alarm. Some can even take a picture of the person using the computer's webcam.
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