you can spoof a MAC address but it's not trivial. Now... supposing they find they do have this information -- see previous discussion of how unlikely that is -- it might possibly help prove that a given laptop is in fact their stolen laptop. It won't help them find it.
Hey, if they bought the laptops new, Apple may be able to tell them the MAC address. They will know some stuff about the network card anyway, that would perhaps possibly give a range. I do not know but it might be worth asking. Depending on how small a town this is happening in, it might then be worth checking with pawnshops and keeping an eye on Craigslist and checking out any laptops that are newly for sale. On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > They might...it may not be someone that just steals anything and not all > thieves are stupid. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew P. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 9:11 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Recovering stolen apple laptops > > > 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:317078 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
