Yeah but is the average thief going to know to do that? Would they know what a MAC is?
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > I don't think so because a mac caddy can be spoofed. That why they make > products for laptops similar to what lojack does for cars. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew P. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 6:49 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Recovering stolen apple laptops > > > Friends apartment just broken into. Two apple laptops stolen. > > I googled and found some software that need to be installed before hand and > stuff like that. But it seems like there would be more options to get it > back. > > Assuming the real owner did not connect through a router, shouldn't the isp > have a record of their mac address on file? And if so, assuming the thief > connects to the internet, again, not through a router, won't the mac > address > again be available? > > Is it possible to put out a MAC address apb to ISPs? > > These people are students, she's an artist that takes photos and lost a > very > high end camera as well. They need this stuff for school. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317074 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
