Hello! I bought a new laptop and there is some software and I guess hardware too from the company called Absolute Software. After some research I came to conclusion that it is some kind of tracking pre-installed by the retailer. Can I get rid of it somehow?
Now this will find the most powerful wireless interface and enable monitor mode. If a monitor mode interface is already in place, it will use the first one it finds instead. It will then begin to sequentially jump channels 1 through 1 from channels 1 to 11, identifying all access points and clients connected to these access points. At first pass through all wireless channels, it only identifies targets. After that, the time limit of 1 s per channel is eliminated and the channels are hoisted as soon as the deauth packets have finished sending.
The first option is called Locate. After receiving the LoJack signal from the laptop this feature allows user to find the location of your laptop with the help of GPS, WiFi and IP address of the laptop that it gets when it is online. Delete is the second option and it allows user to delete any unencrypted data on your laptop if there is such need. The third option is called Lock and, as you have probably already guessed, it allows user to lock your laptop remotely and completely, absolutely preventing its usage. The last one is called Recover and it is used as the proof that the user is the owner of the laptop when it is located by the first feature.
So, if the retailer has not informed you about that software and hardware and did not give you the login and password for this then your laptop might be in great danger, so as you. In order to prevent possible consequences you can stop LoJack tracker in your laptop, preventing its signal from reaching the website of Absolute Software. But if you want to avoid just location tracking, you can use multifrequency desktop cell phone jammer for that purpose.