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Laptop Theft

Laptop Theft Information.
How To File A Laptop Theft Police Report

With laptops performance being practically equal to that of a desktop computer and laptops being so much more affordable now, laptop theft is on the rise. Laptop theft can occur in the short time of turning your back and putting cream in your coffee at a coffee shop, it happens way more than you may think. People are busy socializing, reading or working and do not notice who a computer belongs to, and professional thieves wait and watch for such opportunities. Stolen Lost & Found Online is here to help prevent laptop theft and help you in your time of need to possibly track your stolen laptop and provide an online source to report the laptop theft.

Laptop theft Information.

Laptops are great because so much computing power can be put in such a small device. However, this very same small and lightweight design makes laptop theft all that much easier. Be sure to read through all the information for laptop theft prevention and the importance of reporting a stolen laptop to the police and online if you are a victim of laptop theft.

How To File A Laptop Theft Police Report

Locate your local police station or law enforcement agency and go into the location.
If applicatble, go to the stolen property department and inform the stolen property detective of the laptop theft.
Once the police report paper work has been completed, get a copy of the police report and be sure to keep this with the police report case number, this is for an insurance claim and for claiming the stolen laptop in case it is recovered.

Protect Your Important Files In Case Of Laptop Theft

Secure Disk Images

A secure disk image is the most secure method to protect files. A secure disk image is an encrypted casing around a folder, a file or files that requires a password for access. A secure disk image is very difficult to un-encrypt and is very time consuming. Typically only very important data or highly illegal files, such as child pornography, is worth this extensive amount of time it takes to un-encrypt a disk image. Typically a laptop thief will obtain any easy to get files containing financial or personal information that can be used or sold then sell the laptop on the black market or to an unsuspecting, innocent buyer.

Create a secure disk image on Mac

In Finder, click 'File' then select 'New Window' in the drop down list -or- press the 'command + N' keys to open a new Finder window
Select 'Applications'
Select 'Utilities'
Open 'Disk Utility'
Click 'New Image' on the top bar of Disk Utility
Name the new disk image, select the image size and select encryption type, typically the '128-bit AES encryption (recommended)' is plenty of security. It really takes an un-encrypting expert to hack into this.

Stolen Laptop Password Protection

Password protecting your laptop is a good step to keep less technically savvy thieves from accessing your personal files. A password protection makes it so the laptop requires a password every time it goes to sleep, a user has logged out or the computer has been turned off. As mentione, it keeps less savvy thieves out, a stolen laptop, however, can still be booted from another computer or USB device at which time the files are accessed.

Setting a password on Mac:

Click the Apple icon at the top left of the screen
Select System Preferences
Select Security
Select the 'Require password after sleep or screen saver begins' and be sure 'Disable automatic login' check boxes are not selected.

Setting a password on Windows:

Click the 'Start' menu
Navigate to the control panel
Navigate to the 'Require a password on wake up' on the left side
Click 'Change settings that are currently unavailable'
Click on the 'Require a password'