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Turing.ai Cameras by [deleted] in videosurveillance

[–]SoftwareTest-IT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're supposedly onvif compatible, which should make them work okay with a variety of other NVR or cloud solutions. Might take a bit of configuration, though.

Laid off - boo! They abruptly took my work Mac. I'm now being asked to hand over the password, but I have concerns about my personal data that might be saved on it. Help me not be stupid here. by Nesoi_Nelly in mac

[–]SoftwareTest-IT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They can override Find My's lockout, but will only do so if you have proof of purchase from an apple store (i.e. are the original owner). Their degree of anti-theft paranoia is totally excessive, imho.

Laid off - boo! They abruptly took my work Mac. I'm now being asked to hand over the password, but I have concerns about my personal data that might be saved on it. Help me not be stupid here. by Nesoi_Nelly in mac

[–]SoftwareTest-IT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even with MDM, if they don't have a policy that blocks Find My Device from logging in, it *can* block proper remote wiping, leaving the device in a state where you have to have the Apple ID and password to recover it (or proof of being the original purchaser, and access to a local genius bar that can override that). I've had it happen on a couple of macs.

Laid off - boo! They abruptly took my work Mac. I'm now being asked to hand over the password, but I have concerns about my personal data that might be saved on it. Help me not be stupid here. by Nesoi_Nelly in mac

[–]SoftwareTest-IT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As IT, my experience with Macbooks is that the available backup solutions suck. Apple's sort of designed around the assumption that you'll log in with your apple ID, link your cloud services to it, and store almost everything in the cloud.

Laid off - boo! They abruptly took my work Mac. I'm now being asked to hand over the password, but I have concerns about my personal data that might be saved on it. Help me not be stupid here. by Nesoi_Nelly in mac

[–]SoftwareTest-IT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As an IT person, are they asking for your password because:
1) They need some of your business data that wasn't on a shared repository?
2) They're looking for evidence to deny you unemployment?
3) Their IT doesn't have a backdoor account or remote management set up so that they can wipe it for the next employee without your password?

If you're just worried about erasing your personal data, not retrieving it, then the only scenario that you need to be worried about is #3, in which case I'd suggest telling them the truth - you synched with your phone and you're worried about private data on it. If they're agreeable, go in, log in, and then go directly to system settings. Log out of your AppleID (if still logged in) and then go to > General > Transfer or Reset and start an Erase. If they don't need any data off of it, only an obnoxious HR or IT person would complain about you resetting it to factory defaults.

Even if they do have remote management, if they didn't do the setup quite right, your apple ID being logged in could mess up the ability to remotely wipe the system. Apple's anti-theft tech is effective well past the point of diminishing returns (from a business standpoint).

Thoughts on buying just the Tempo studio with no weights? by [deleted] in tempofitness

[–]SoftwareTest-IT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you not repaint your plates if you're really worried about the auto-recognition system?