Stolen laptop, if password protected, can they ever get my files?

Someone broke into my car and stole my Macbook Pro (among other expensive things in the trunk), if it is password protected on both the OS X and Vista sides, can they ever get to my files?

I think they'd wipe the drive, right?

😟

I'm so not lucky...

MacBook Pro 17" Mac OS X (10.4.8) dual boot Vista Ultimate

Posted on May 23, 2007 3:57 PM

16 replies

May 25, 2007 9:41 AM in response to Willett58

Give root a password. Sorry....my intention was only to prove that password protecting a user ID is not that effective, you really need to protect root as well...and I don't know how to do it.

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