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How to Choose Laptop Theft Recovery Software "My life is on that laptop!" is an a common phrase people share about their laptops. Photos, emails, contacts, documents, work files, music, saved passwords… just how much is your laptop really worth? You've decided that the cost of device theft is too high. You've set up some basic security measures, and now you want a laptop tracking software to complete your device security set-up.

What is laptop tracking software?

Software that can be installed on your device to help recover them in the event they are lost or stolen. Tracking may be done by GPS, Wi-Fi Positioning, and most laptop tracking software will offer other features to enhance your endpoint security: data delete and other data security features, locking, and other recovery features.

What are the key features of laptop tracking software?

Your primary goal in choosing laptop tracking software is to get your laptop back, though for many people data security also plays highly in the decision making. So, what questions can you ask of the laptop tracking software can you ask during your research?

1. How does the software track my stolen laptop? 2. Who will use the tracking data to actually recover my stolen laptop? 3. What happens if the device is wiped / reset? 4. Can I erase my data?

There will be bells and whistles with all the options, but what you want is a proven track record of recoveries. Absolute LoJack offers the best recovery rate in the business, and here's why...

Absolute LoJack answers your top questions:

1. Absolute LoJack locates your device using GPS, Wi-Fi or IP geolocation. Since that's often not enough for police to work with, we use other forensic investigation techniques to confirm both location and suspected user. We are the only laptop tracking software that corroborates location data - that's we like to call it laptop recovery software.

2. We don't just provide you with tracking information, we work to get it back. The Absolute LoJack Recovery Team gathers the data necessary for local police to recoup your proerty and return it to you, holding criminals accountable for their crimes. We are the only laptop tracking software with a team that does all the recovery legwork with local police.

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3. Device wiped, no problem: we keep on working! Devices that support Absolute persistence technology benefit from the strongest protection on the market. If a device is reformatted or wiped, our technology (which is embedded at the firmware level) simply rebuilds itself. Again, we're the only ones who can do this.

4. Data security comes standard with Absolute LoJack. Our Device Lock prevents anyone from accessing your data and our Delete can erase those files for even more security.

Absolute LoJack offers the best endpoint security on the market because nobody else can answer those questions better than we can. Since 1993, we have returned more than 30,000 stolen devices in over 100 countries. Absolute LoJack - Locate. Lock. Delete. Recover. Guaranteed.

About the Author

Arieanna Schweber has been a part of the Absolute Software writing team since 2007. Arieanna was Canada's first female professional blogger and has been professionally blogging since 2006, speaking at leading blogging conferences including BlogHer and Northern Voice. Arieanna has a joint degree in Business and Communications from Simon Fraser University and continues to build communities for Vancouver-based clients.

About the Company Absolute Software(@Absolutecorp) helps businesses and consumers track, manage, secure and recover mobile computers and devices using our patented persistence technology. We license the name "LoJack" from the LoJack Corporation to highlight the similarities between our consumer product, LoJack for Laptops (@LoJackforLaptop), and their stolen vehicle recovery service. Currently Absolute Software has recovered over 30,000 devices in over 100 countries around the world.