Whilst we were away our house was broken into by some parasitic cunts. Fortunately our neighbour was coming into the house each evening and got the police round and informed my in laws, so the house was made secure and dusted for prints etc.
On the plus side, the dull cunts took almost nothing of value (brand new cordless drill with a few bob etc), in fact we don't think they actually took anything else at all other than my Macbook and my partners christening bracelet (small, tarnished silver, engraved with a name, almost entirely lacking in monetary value).
The police have said that the house was very well secured so the insurance should pay out, I'm not concerned about the loss of the physical Maxine at all.
What I'm really worried about is whether there is any confidential stuff buried on the laptop's hard drive which is now at risk. Being really silly, I had no tracking software installed on it. Question: how difficult is it to get past the startup password on a Macbook?
I've had a look at whether Dropbox or gmail or Facebook have recorded any sessions in unusual places and there is nothing, so presumably they haven't got past the password or they have it kept in airplane mode. There is one login recorded in the Netherlands but I'm going to chalk this up to the Airbus's free wifi getting routed there as it said it was via a mobile device.
Is it worth doing a password change? I know I should from a security perspective, but if I do then presumably I'll never track the laptop if somebody ever does get through the login password.
Any advice greatly appreciated!
