Comments on: How to Remotely Wipe a Mac

By: kevin

kevin — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:46:44 +0000

consider this;

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/08/05/apple-support-allowed-hacker-access-to-reporters-icloud-account/

By: Andre

Andre — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:16:34 +0000

Good point about the encryption. However, I’ve come to discover most of the Mac users I know are college students, who ironically, don’t think such things through very well.

By: Andre

Andre — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:13:09 +0000

But, did you get your device back?

By: Andre

Andre — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:12:10 +0000

That was funny. However, to turn off the wifi and (not connect to the internet) suggests you actually plan to turn on the machine first, which immediately puts the machine at risk for being wiped. However, it seems the most logical thing to do would be to simply swap the hard drive first for your own. Game over.

By: Lentulus

Lentulus — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:19:36 +0000

That is, unless you encrypt the hard drive. Then hooking it up to another machine to harvest the files won’t work out so well for you.

By: sysadm

sysadm — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:42:29 +0000

A smarter person would remove the storage device from the newly found machine, put the “disk” into an external USB case, then plug it into another computer and have instant access to any data you desire. Then copy what ever you want off that external “disk”- and done. Format the “disk”, replace back into the original computer, install the OS and you now have a new machine and access to any data off the old machine. Physical access “is” everything…….

Of course you could do many of the same things to gain access to the data to attempt to discover who the owner of the computer is, then notify them you have their machine. And of course the owner would be so happy- he.she will give you a handsome reward for the return of their computer. Say $300 bucks since they are not cheap?

By: Deserter

Deserter — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:43:31 +0000

Guys, If I would stole a mac the first think that I shall do is to deactivate the wifi connection. After that I could connect an external hard drive and steal every file the computer has… And finally, I would formatting the hard drive with disk utility BEFORE even this computer go online… SO ? What’s the point ? Can someone help me ?

By: Saman

Saman — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:57:01 +0000

Actually, this happened to me in December. I activated that (and it got through in January, the first time that thing went online).

By: James

James — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:08:24 +0000

You would be surprised how stupid they can be (or should I be surprised about you?)!

By: Alberto

Alberto — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:57:50 +0000

If I would stole a Mac (btw be sure that I will not), the first think that I shall do is to deactivate the wifi connection, and I shall not connect to the internet.
I don’t think that burglars are more stupid than me…

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:18:46 +0000

You can also wipe iPad and iPhone from the same panels