Laptop Security Blog » shannon mercer http://blog.absolute.com Laptop Security blog by Absolute Software Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:00:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Florida Woman Praises LoJack for Laptop for Safe Return http://blog.absolute.com/florida-woman-praises-lojack-for-laptop-for-safe-return/ http://blog.absolute.com/florida-woman-praises-lojack-for-laptop-for-safe-return/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:00:07 +0000 arieanna http://blog.absolute.com/?p=1766 A woman in Jacksonville, Florida was the victim of a home invasion which, in itself, is a scary thing to go through.  The thieves made off with jewellery and electronics, including the woman’s laptop, but they didn’t know that she had installed Computrace LoJack for Laptops on her computer.  “Within 24 hours of it being reported stolen, they already had one hit on it,” said Shannon Mercer.

While her laptop was sold several times before being returned to her, she felt that she got her revenge in the end.  “When someone breaks into your house, you feel violated. To get a piece of it back is pretty neat,” said Mercer.

You can get more information on LoJack for Laptops here.  In the meantime, watch the video of Mercer’s fascinating story!

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