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Truly a nightmare situation. I really hope they have a solid means to recover the stolen assets. Does anyone have insight into what types of tracking high level government laptops would have?

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Not really a nightmare when any janitor or cleaner could have stolen the same laptop.

Not just the laptop. Access to offices and assets, potential for network security issues, the whole things is a nightmare.

Edit: Do you people not understand physical security of network assets?

That may or may not be true, but I feel it's worth mentioning that often those individuals need some level of security clearance. See listings on job boards for janitorial staff/etc. that require security clearance (often at private corporations, like defence contractors, but I see no reason why it wouldn't extend to public employment i.e. at the Capitol).

I know thinkpads has "computrace" in the BIOS, but alongside with intel ME, perhaps the device can be, at least, erased.

If the thieves are competent then the laptop already has the wifi antenna removed and the drive taken out.

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