Errr... What happens if the stolen laptop is reformatted? My wife told me a story she heard a few days ago... A person got his laptop stolen. Soon after he scoured the Internet auction sites and found a post for a laptop that is the same brand+spec of his laptop. He arranged for a meet to buy the laptop. He brought along the police to the meet. And after determining that his laptop was his stolen one, he had the person arrested. When asked how he knew, he said his files are still intact.
--- mike t. ----- Original Message ---- > From: Drexx Laggui [personal] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List > <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:34:05 > Subject: [plug] open source system for recovering stolen laptops > > 20Aug2008 (UTC +8) > > New Service Tracks Missing Laptops for Free > http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/148356/new_service_tracks_missing_laptops_for_free.html > [OR] http://tinyurl.com/6a8f92 > > http://adeona.cs.washington.edu/ > "Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of > your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, > central service. This means that you can install Adeona on your laptop > and go — there's no need to rely on a single third party. What's more, > Adeona addresses a critical privacy goal different from existing > commercial offerings. It is privacy-preserving. This means that no one > besides the owner (or an agent of the owner's choosing) can use Adeona > to track a laptop. Unlike other systems, users of Adeona can rest > assured that no one can abuse the system in order to track where they > use their laptop. > > Adeona is designed to use the Open Source OpenDHT distributed storage > service to store location updates sent by a small software client > installed on an owner's laptop. The client continually monitors the > current location of the laptop, gathering information (such as IP > addresses and local network topology) that can be used to identify its > current location. The client then uses strong cryptographic mechanisms > to not only encrypt the location data, but also ensure that the > ciphertexts stored within OpenDHT are anonymous and unlinkable. At the > same time, it is easy for an owner to retrieve location information. > > Using Adeona only requires downloading and installing a small software > client. Adeona is free to use." > > > > Drexx Laggui -- CISA, CISSP, CFE Associate, ISO27001 LA, CCSI, CSA > http://www.laggui.com ( Singapore / Manila / California ) > Computer forensics; Penetration testing; QMS & ISMS developers; K-Transfer > PGP fingerprint = 6E62 A089 E3EA 1B93 BFB4 8363 FFEC 3976 FF31 8A4E > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
