Undercover software tracks %26quot tole quot; Mac

Theteam at Mac 360 %26quot tole" a Mac in order to test Orbicule's Undercover, new anti-theft software for a Mac. David Chartier describedwhat Undercover does in an earlier post. The gist of it is that Undercovertries to locate a stolen Mac by taking and tra mitting scree hots. If the Mac has an iSight, Undercover will eventake photos of the user and send those back to Orbicule. What if the Mac i 't co ected to the Internet? In that case,Undercover simulates a hardware meltdown, in the hope that the thief will take the computer to an authorized resellerfor repair.

To test whether these novel tracking schemes are likely to get your Mac back to you, Mac 360staged a test theft of a PowerBook. The result is a two-part keystoneco post. Their conclusion? I'll let you gue .