One of the really cool ideas is the bluetooth one as mentioned before. You can pick up a cheap bluetooth headset for next to nothing, and all you do is carry it around with you. When / if the neo detects it is out of range / past a specific RSSI, then it will start making noise. Not necessarily screaming 'I AM BEING STOLEN' but maybe play a song at full volume and start vibrating like crazy. You could also have it so if it goes past a specific RSSI it sends a message to the headset, to be discrete :)
Cheers, Federico On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Michele Renda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't want to say this is the solution for all the problems: > > > > As cool as all the solutions sound, we have to think of some > > problems/implications: > > 1) What happens if the sim gets changed? > > > > > It continue to run, because the program is not sim related. Whe it see a > tcp/ip connection it send a data packet to openmoko serve. > The sim credential is used only to identify who use the phone. > > > > 2) What happens if the phone gets flashed? > > > > > To this, I think we can do nothing. I hope it is sold without to be > flashed. Freerunner is not a so common phone for now. > > > > 3) What's with my data (stored e-mail passwords, wifi-passwods, web > > history, session cookies, e-mails, and so on)? > > > > > Is possible to implement a system to get all these data to the server (one > time it is allarmed) and to delete the phone copy. > > > > 4) What if I only loose the phone? > > > > > You can access to openmoko server without make a stealt alarm, but only a > lose allarm > > > > 5) What if I lend the phone to a friend? Do I have to follow a > > two-hour setup procedure to avoid my phone calling the police? > > > > > > > Is forbidden to call policy with an automatic system > > > > > There are many solutions, but each one has it's flaws. The idea that > > the phone reports back in some way is pretty cool: at each sim change, > > send an sms to a preconfigured number, saying "Hi, i'm name, this is > > my new number". A good utility for keeping your buddies up to date, > > and for having always the newest number. another good idea is to have > > configure the phone to play some sort of alarm and encrypt the files > > (but still allowing access to the phone, so that the thief keeps on > > using it) when it's more then.. 2 meters away from a configured > > bluetooth device (your headset/bluetooth keyboard/whatever). An > > intresting idea is to trace the gps position each minute, store them, > > and send a log per e-mail as soon as a connection is possible (open > > wifi, gprs, logged in into wifi, ..). Also a program that sends to all > > bluetooth devices it reaches wich accept it something like "Help Me! > > I'm a stolen phone. I belong to $name, $adress. My actual phone number > > is $number, please contact the police". One out of many people maybe > > will contact the police. Also the client/server setup is an intresting > > idea, allowing one to install its own server, and sending coordinates > > and phone number in periodical intervals. Maybe one could even make a > > buisness providing this client/server setup. > > And if the card is taken out, and the phone flashed? Well.. if the > > phone is already shut down, you've lost your phone. The only > > possibility would be to have some sort of trackback of the serial > > numbers of all flashed devices.. but the security and privacy > > implications of this would be too great.. > > > > Just my two cents > > > > > > > Yes, I think your ideas are good! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
