Interesting. We learn every day.........
On 7/29/08 12:45 PM, "Ed Wiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes but to software log's in and tells the sever what the ip address is. > If I look at the complete email header of your email. > Your current ip address is 74.241.10.85 > With applescript you can have mail send out your ip address every few > minutes to a specified email address. Similar to what the services are > doing with a dedicated client. > Your computer is telling the internet every time you send out a request > for a webpage or send an email or download a piece of software where you > are all the time. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harry > Jacobson-Beyer > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:23 AM > To: Macusergroup > Subject: [MacGroup] Re(2): GPS and computer question > > But doesn't the IP address of a computer change. My computer's IP > address from my home is going to be different from the IP address at > Heine Bros, isn't it. Or do you mean my computer's Mac Address? > > And wouldn't the owner of a laptop need to have recorded the information > outside of the computer? Else how is anyone to know the IP address? > > Tuesday, July 29, 200810:18 AMEd [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> What is happening is they are using the ip address of the computer when >> it logs into a server. >> Not GPS they say GPS because everyone know what GPS is. >> Here is an example of a service that does this. >> http://www.mylaptopgps.com/how.php >> Not Mac compatible but back to by Mac can do this. >> There was a case back earlier in the year of an individual finding > there >> laptop using back to my Mac. >> http://www.tuaw.com/2008/05/09/back-to-my-mac-saves-a-stolen-laptop/ >> >> Here are three Mac compatible services. >> http://www.maclife.com/article/tip_day/3_ways_recover_stolen_laptop >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harry >> Jacobson-Beyer >> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 9:30 AM >> To: Macusergroup >> Cc: Jacobson-Beyer, Sherry >> Subject: [MacGroup] GPS and computer question >> >> Ok, I'm sure some of you out there will know the answer to this >> question: >> >> I was watching an episode of the tv program Numbers. In it a laptop >> computer was stolen. The police found the computer because it had some >> kind of GPS chip/device in it. >> >> The FBI guy in the tv programs said that since 2005 all computers > (maybe >> that's all laptop computers) are required to have a GPS locating chip/ >> device in them in case they are stolen/lost etc. Supposedly this will >> make them more likely to be found. >> >> Is this accurate / true or is it a fabrication of the script writers to >> provide a neat ending to the story? >> >> If it's true, can you explain how it works and how one would know what >> to look for if one's computer were stolen, lost, or misplaced? >> >> And how can I get one for me so my loved ones can find me when even I >> don't know where I am? :-) >> >> Thanks. >> >> Harry >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be September 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
