On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Peter Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi John > > I thought about this some time ago. What is needed I think is something > that runs as a service like a virus, then checks to see if it can > communicate with the device of choice, if not it emails you with enough > detail to do a trace, next time it connects to the internet. It could > ping your network to see if it was still connected or Communicate with > a Bluetooth, infra red or wireless device. You could have three devices > one in the house, one on your person and one in the car. I came to a > standstill trying to get enough information to email. The Laptop would > be able to find out what DNS server was being used, but you really want > to know the static or dynamic Ip it is connected by. Maybe I am missing > something there. > > Of course it will get known that this sort of protection is available > and the thief will just format an install an operating system.
I believe the BIOS of some laptops have with a feature like this, making it almost impossible to work around. -- Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
