Problem with gps is that its slow to get a fix, sometimes very slow, and the phone may (probably?) be indoors or a car much of the time - so waiting for a fix is going to be a problem.
Trigger with an "unknown" SIM card. Send a first "panic, I've been stolen!" sms message with as much detail as possible pulled from the SIM card, network settings (iwlist eth0 scan - and at your end try and locate on the wifi location database) - say forward their SIM phonebook to yourself (maybe one sms per contact to burn up their credit :) Then background and wait for a gps fix ... Meanwhile, start ringing their phone contacts ... starting with their mother :) BillK On Sun, 2009-01-25 at 19:51 -0600, The Digital Pioneer wrote: > This is an excellent idea. I've been wondering about this. If I had > GPRS, I would SSH in (possible? Getting the IP would be tricky) and > pull GPS coordinates. But I don't have GPRS. I think it would be good > to implement some kind of SIM-based security, along with a way to send > some kind of panic SMS. Both would activate some kind of daemon that > pulls coords from GPS whenever possible and sends them back to you. > Maybe have it call you at home and a TTS engine gives them to you if > you can't get SMS without your phone. Just some ideas. Would be > AWESOME to have a phone that works to return to its owner though. Lord > of the Rings like. :P > > As you maybe can tell, I've considered this a little just in case > someone steals my $400 baby. > > -- > > > Thanks, > > The Digital Pioneer > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- William Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> Home in Perth! _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community