# Undercover Software

**URL:** <https://discourse.softpress.com/t/undercover-software/14817>\
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**Created:** [August 7, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/undercover-software/14817 "2012-08-07T17:36:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Todd1](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Todd1](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Todd1)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/undercover-software/14817/1 "2012-08-07T17:36:29Z")

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I realize there’s no perfect solution to a theft scenario but that being  
said, thoughts on this,  
[http://www.tuaw.com/2012/08/07/undercover-5-the-best-way-to-secure-and-recover-a-stolen-mac/](http://www.tuaw.com/2012/08/07/undercover-5-the-best-way-to-secure-and-recover-a-stolen-mac/)?  
It sounds interesting in some respects but there’s also a Big Brother  
feel to it which makes me twitchy.

Todd  
[http://xiiro.com](http://xiiro.com)

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**Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/undercover-software/14817/2 "2012-08-07T22:45:32Z")

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If I had a laptop I would buy Undercover in a Flash and I dont think there are any issues about looking after what is yours.

Now if I installed it on my child’s laptop without them knowing - that is a different story.

David

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**Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/undercover-software/14817/3 "2012-08-08T04:59:55Z")

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Local New here recently had a spot about a women that had an iPhone stolen. She remotely uploaded the photos the thieves were jubiously taking of themselves and police used those in the recovery and arrest.

Undercover really takes it to another level. I have used LoJack for a few years (I think the cut rate version ˜$25), never have been happy with the ‘tracer’ feature in the software. My laptop shows up miles from where I am and FindMyMac shows me (correctly). Maybe this will boost the competition.

Frank H.

On Aug 7, 2012, at 3:45 PM, DeltaDave [email@hidden](mailto:email@hidden) wrote:

> If I had a laptop I would buy Undercover in a Flash and I dont think there are any issues about looking after what is yours.
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> Now if I installed it on my child’s laptop without them knowing - that is a different story.
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**Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/undercover-software/14817/4 "2012-08-08T11:22:51Z")

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Have any of you purchased business or homeowner insurance to cover theft of  
your computers?

–  
Ernie Simpson

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Harshbarger Frank [email@hidden](mailto:email@hidden)wrote:

> Local New here recently had a spot about a women that had an iPhone  
> stolen. She remotely uploaded the photos the thieves were jubiously taking  
> of themselves and police used those in the recovery and arrest.
> 
> Undercover really takes it to another level. I have used LoJack for a few  
> years (I think the cut rate version ˜$25), never have been happy with the  
> ‘tracer’ feature in the software. My laptop shows up miles from where I am  
> and FindMyMac shows me (correctly). Maybe this will boost the competition.
> 
> Frank H.
> 
> On Aug 7, 2012, at 3:45 PM, DeltaDave [email@hidden](mailto:email@hidden) wrote:
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> > If I had a laptop I would buy Undercover in a Flash and I dont think  
> > there are any issues about looking after what is yours.
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> > Now if I installed it on my child’s laptop without them knowing - that  
> > is a different story.
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**Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/undercover-software/14817/5 "2012-08-08T20:55:30Z")

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Ernie Simpson wrote:

> Have any of you purchased business or homeowner insurance to cover theft of  
> your computers?  
> I haven’t.

Todd

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**Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/undercover-software/14817/6 "2012-08-08T21:22:53Z")

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I found it to be almost ridiculously inexpensive. I pay ~ $500 a year to cover umpty thousand dollars of servers, computers, cameras, and lighting equipment, as well as business liability and data loss coverage. I had a client (Comedy Central) require the business liability part, and so I went shopping. I was startled at what I found – I thought it would be much more than that.

Walter

On Aug 8, 2012, at 4:55 PM, Todd wrote:

> Ernie Simpson wrote:
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> > Have any of you purchased business or homeowner insurance to cover theft of  
> > your computers?  
> > I haven’t.
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> Todd  
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