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Windows partition has no user password so they connect it to wifi, and it auto launches a tracker software on boot that tells you where it is.
However that means your laptop is gone if the fence decides to wipe it, and it having no password means it's easier to convince a second hand store that they own the laptop (as opposed to trying to sell a laptop and the clerk goes "unlock it so I know it's not stolen"), increasing the chance they wipe it.
On top of that, just because you know where it is (assuming geoposition is precise enough (it's not)) doesn't mean you can recover it. Even when you are sure it is somewhere the police won't help you.
Thieves may be stupid but they steal stuff that is left without supervision. Try taking better care of your devices and maybe a convoluted tracking system is simply never needed because your laptop won't be stolen?
I allways promise myself to be better and not do stupid things, experience thought me that that only works 95%. I like a plan B, even if it does not work; at least I tried.
Here's an easy plan B for you: laptop locks are dirt cheap. You know the ones that go around a table leg and lock with a key to the slot in the side of the laptop? They weigh 50 grams and cost less than 10 bucks. Sure they're easy to bypass in concept, just lift the table, but that's making a commotion and a thief doesn't want that.
Tie the other end around your own leg for extra security
That's actually a good plan. after a "downgrade" fom macbook to thinkbook I do have a lock connector.
I'll be tieing it around a tree instead of a table leg. But hell yea! thinkbooks have lock connectors!
And it's only a downgrade because i cheaped out and bought what I needed instead of top perf.