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Laptop Burglary : Prepare Yourself





Laptop Burglary




Do we need to worry ?

When we talk about our laptops then there is a rare chance that we think of its stealing. But according to a survey, laptops, mobiles and stereo systems are larger prone to theft than any other material. Because jewellary gets high protection under our homes, so instead of risking to get the jewellary, theives can get their hands on our tech stuff to gain profit. And when it comes to laptops and mobiles then we know how much they worth to us even if not by their market value. These items contain our data, that data which we have collected and/or created in many yeras. This can be anything like your pictures, videos, projects, presentations, records etc. So from now on, start thinking your tech stuff security. And to ensure their security, this post will help you to take certain simple measures.

Get Insured

Insurance is the first and foremost step to take when you want to get atleast your money back in cases when your stuff gets stolen. So go and get your stuff insured now. You might not take that insurance seriously but believe me, you won't regret even if your device never gets stolen. Because, an insurance costs around 2.5-5k INR p.a. which means only 200-400 INR per month. Not only theft, some insurance companies will provide you accidental damange insurance also. So in my opinion, you definitely should get your device insured.

Make a Back-Up

So if you have insured your laptop then the next thing you'll want to get along with the money lost is your data. For most of the people, it is the data that matters most. So the best way to get back the data is to never lose it. Just create a backup of all of your important files and then even if your device gets stolen, your data won't. Wordering where to keep your so much important files. Well, google drive provides a secure and large godown for your data and its free of cost. So use it and store all your files and documents. The main thing you'll have to protect is you google account password. If 15GB of free space is a little short for you then you can trust Dropbox also.

Create a Guest Account

We as the laptop users always password protect our laptop so that no one can use it. Do you really need to protect the whole laptop. See, if someone just want to open the laptop not for the data but for his own use like a theif then he won't hesitate to format the harddrive. Thats actually the case when most users don't provide a guest account to let someone in. There are commonly two types of theives, one who steals for their own use and others who steal for money. Those who steal for their own use will get irritaed when he won't be able to get into your laptop to get a knowledge what your laptop has got. And in that case, he'll format the harddrive and boom ! your anti-theft software is gone. So always create a guest account because every theif who steals wants to have a look at your data. So let them have a look at your guest account. Activate a trap-script at your guest session login so that the anti-theft software gets activated and you can have a location if your laptop is connected to some network.

Anti-Theft Software : Prey

Personally i haven't used prey but the documents and its reputation actually make it worth recommendation. Prey is an open source project so that means its totally free free free ! It has gained so much reputation as an anti-theft software that its worth a try. And if you can spend some money then you can purchase their paid-versions also. What prey can do for you is that it can lock down your laptop, remotely delete your data from your laptop and even make a remote backup of data. After the insurance and the data backup, there is no need to install prey but good things don't cause harm so just go for it.

Keep all your laptop information

You don't just have to note down your laptop model number but also some more information about it so that if it gets stolen you can search for your specific laptop and not a general one. First of all, take care of your laptop bill and then note some numbers about the laptop. The most common numbers you need to note are:

  1. Bill Number
  2. Battery Number

Note:Dell users can also get a special security service in which even if the harddrive gets formatted still laptop can be traced. For more info, checkout the dell's website.

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