Allowing a boot up doesn't guarantee unwanted data access.
Disks can be partitioned. 
Partitions & Dirs with sensitive data can be encrypted. 
Decent tracking SW allows you to nuke your data remotely

I don't know about you but to the rest of us common folk, a lappy is an asset that cost real heard earned bling and effort to acquire. 
I would think it wise to do everything within one's means to reacquire a lost machine

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2012/6/16 Gichuki John Chuksjonia <chuksjonia@gmail.com>
@James, i cant let u access my laptop just like that. Its better to
have a backup of your work on an encrypted hdd, if the laptop goes, i
say bye bye, get a new one, load my work up.

Letting the laptop boot coz you want to track it, its a bigger risk to
data, dont advice people that.

On 6/16/12, James Nzomo <kazikubwa@gmail.com> wrote:
> @Chuksjonia
> Letting a laptop boot the OS sans boot passwords will allow a stolen
> machine to run prey or some other tracking SW (if it hasn't been formatted
> already)
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> 2012/6/16 <thomas.kibui@gmail.com>
>
>>
>> Furthermore if your hijacked email accounts are subscribed to this
>> mailing
>> list . ... The hijacker is readin this thread as we speak ...
>>
>> Lets not even talk of other social sites like facebook, twitter and the
>> likes
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry®
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Erick Njoka <erickarn@gmail.com>
>> Sender: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke
>> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:19:21
>> To: Skunkworks Mailing List<skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
>> Reply-To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
>> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Hacked Email Accounts
>>
>> Even if the laptop requires a password to log in, Ophcrack can usually
>> read most Windows login passwords.  I've tried it (on request, of
>> course) for XP, not sure about Windows 7.
>>
>> Erick
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Well Philip, if your laptop does not require a password when it starts,
>> and
>> > your browser is set to remember the passwords to websites like your
>> > email
>> > accounts (automatic login), then you begin to see the picture. Once the
>> > person is logged into your email account, they can do plenty of damage.
>> This
>> > is serious stuff. I wonder if there is a way of engaging Google to
>> rectify
>> > this? Especially with the local office?
>> >
>> > Evans
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