The price of laptops continues to fall. But for owners it?s not the plastic and metal that make these portable computers valuable; it?s the data they contain. Until recently, if your laptop was stolen the odds of you getting it back were slim. Detective Shane Driscoll with the UW Police Department says some crooks may be specifically targeting laptops. But most thefts are crimes of opportunity. To help curb the problem, the UW Police Department teamed up with the Computer Sciences Department. That partnership lead to the creation of Themis and the Bait Lap Top program. Themis is an asset location program that relies on a computer?s GPS and other sensors to track the machine.
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