Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote: > On 4/7/08, Didier Raboud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> * If I loose or let my Moko being stolen, I can find my connection >> parameters (on the paper) and go to track.openmoko.com and there I can >> find >> 24 coordinates a day. This could help me find it back or help the police >> find it back. Of course, if the Moko is turned off, it won't be possible >> to >> track it. But as soon as it is turned on again (even if flashed with >> default image), it will restart to send coordinates to the default server >> with its SIM-change and flash-change prone ID. > > > There is only one problem with this. If the phone is flashed, the the > flash will be erased/overwritten and the program to transmit the > coordinates will be gone.
Actually, (wondering, because I have no technical skills undergoing my theory...) if the _standard_ image (the one you get after flashing [0], the standard one you would get from openmoko.[com|org|whatever]) contains that software, it would be resistant to people not able to build an own image. The whole idea is there : build this anti-steal program INTO the standard openmoko image, so that the _default_ behavior of any Neo would be to send its coordinates to an openmoko server. The access to this server would be granted by the paper sent _with_ the Neo, linked to the serial (non-modifiable) number of it. (This assumes that this precious paper would not be lost/stolen with the Neo.) This needs strong intrusion of OpenMoko (or its community) into the standard image to be shipped with the Neos. Anyway, as I see it, it _should work_ :) Regards, Didier [0] I understand "flashing" as for a certain number of devices : "reset the original image" => if this original image contains the tracker, we're OK. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community