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Imagine for a second that your laptop is stolen. What keeps you up at night? It's not the cost of the computer it's what people can do with your data.
But because encryption is a pain, a lot of people don't bother protecting their data. If you think your Windows user name and password protects your data, well it's pretty is trivial to break. So here Here are some very easy steps to help you sleep better at night and also increase the chance of your laptop being returned.
Provide Contact Information
Yeah this sounds obvious Obvious but who reading this actually has put contact information on your their laptop? Vote below. Yeah me too. I got to do this right after I finish this article.
Really, if there's no contact information on your laptop how is someone supposed to return it?
Now, as for those A note about a reward will also help chances of return too.
For companies who put their company name on the laptop, if you are a large organization where confidentiality is important (ie banks or government) in my opinion, putting your name on the laptop pretty much guarantees a snoop. Instead provide a number for a generic department that does not answer the phone with your organization's name.
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