Comments on: Laptop thieves - worse than content thieves!

By: Jim Boykin’s Internet Marketing Blog » Blog Archive » Desktop or Laptop - which do you prefer?

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:10:46 +0000

[...] Why even use a desktop?…I just can’t see using a desktop for "important" stuff….if it’s important, I want it portable…and I want it wherever I go…at the office, at home, at a conference (and yes, I make backups before each trip in case the computer dies)…and will take more precausions after reading what happened to Bill. [...]

By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:48:56 +0000

We’ve had issues with this where I work now, so the front door is always locked these days.

I once went to visit a friend at SAP in Philly a few years ago, the office door was open, and no-one was there, yet the bathroom had a combination lock on it. It turns out that a couple of months earlier, a couple of people had hid in the rest room, then when the building had closed up for the night, had gone into the offices and walked out with some servers, so the decision was made to lock the bathrooms down. I wonder if they ever came to the same realisation about the actual office door…

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 02:18:25 +0000

there’s also a good thread on this at webmasterworld (in supporters forum) with some good ideas as well on what to do if your laptop is ever stolen.
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum78/10309.htm

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:37:24 +0000

hehe…. that’s kinda a loaded question to me Quadszilla…I used to work for a company called aimster (was second Napster)… I’ll plead the fifth on that (for those who don’t know, that’s US slang for “I’m not telling you the answer because if I did I’d be admitting a crime”)

By: Quadszilla

Quadszilla — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:14:50 +0000

yes, a laptop thief is worse than a content theif.

a content thief is on par with music / software piracy

have you paid for all your mp3s, jim?

By: Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 01:11:00 +0000

You should seriously consider having a USB hard drive and do regular backups (daily or weekly if possible.) In order to be effective it needs to be stored in a different place than the laptop, of course.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 20:29:35 +0000

After going through this experience, I’m looking into LoJack for my laptop, a hidden app that you can install on the laptop that ‘phones home’ so they can recover it. There’s some guarantee on the service.

By: Jason Hendricks

Jason Hendricks — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:24:15 +0000

I can relate to this personally…had my laptop stolen from my car in broad daylight. They broke my window, grabbed it, and took off. It happened a year ago right after SES Chicago. I hadn’t made a backup in three months so I lost a lot of work, and unfortunately there’s no chance you’ll ever get your computer back.

Holidays seem to be the time when either thieves are more desperate or we’re more vulnerable.

By: graywolf

graywolf — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:51:28 +0000

off to register buymattcuttslaptop.com

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:40:46 +0000

hum….how much you think Matt’s computer would sell for on ebay? hehe.