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They're lucky it wasn't just bricked remotely when reported.
It's honestly surprising they don't do that
They could probably blacklist it from getting SteamOS updates through their servers, but actually bricking it would involve taking away from the "it's just a PC" nature of the device.
TIL...
I just assumed laptops would get bricked if reported stolen like a phone or console, but apparently they don't?
This actually makes a Steam Deck a huge target for theft
Some corporate computers have a way to do this via the bios but it must be preconfigured and can easily be turned off if it hasn't been.