An Xmarks user in the United Kingdom shared a fascinating customer story with us. The story begins with an unfortunate home break-in where one of the stolen items includes a laptop. This user performed an impressive bit of technical analysis, including a supporting role played by Xmarks (BYOS version), that led to the tracking and recovery of the laptop. You can read all the geeky details here!Just another day in the life of the Xmarks laptop recovery, I mean bookmark sync service. ;-)
Great story. Too bad it would also not have worked when a master password was present in Firefox. That is: one who takes all suggested security measures, probably won't recover his laptop with Xmarks...
ReplyDeleteNice story.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, I have a complaint. I don't like the combined "Show Status & Stars" option. I have no interest in seeing stars, but I'd like to see the sync status and easily access the right-click menu.
Frank: Thus why we released a new version of the extension that allows you to disable that version in Xmarks settings. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
ReplyDeleteThat certainly is a good feature but I think thieves have their own ways of breaking the code to afford impunity.
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