But when ever the device is powered on (Let's say a guy the burglar sells to), the openmoko would get activated, right?
Some laptops have a theft tracking feature enabled in their BIOS. It would be awesome to keep something like that in the Openmoko firmware. On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Carl Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think one of the first things a burglar would do would be to remove > the battery and sim card. > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Karthik Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> There ought to be a security service on the Freerunner. By integrating >> the GPS service with internet, we could track where the burglar is. >> >> -Karthik >> >> On 12/1/08, William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> and before that, some real security on the FR. >>> >>> BillK >>> >>> >>> On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 21:36 +0100, Yorick Moko wrote: >>> > my condolences; >>> > >>> > we need a way to remotely activate the gps and make it send an sms and >>> > e-mail etc etc >>> > >>> > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Ian Darwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > > Juan Cañete wrote: >>> > >> Hi, >>> > >> >>> > >> Last night a burglar stole my FR. ... >>> > >> >>> > >> My phone had debian on it. I had a lot of applications configured. I >>> used it like my main phone. Mail accounts configured, Phonebook with all >>> contacts, a lot of sms, many applications configured with my users/passwds. >>> And I realized they had access to all. I called the mobile phone company to >>> suspend the number, I've changed almost all important passwds, anyway, >>> although I think they even don't know how to use the FR, maybe they will >>> sell it to someone that do, and he'll surf into my life. >>> > >> >>> > >> I only wanted to share this story with you. Maybe, because sharing my >>> sadness I'll feel better, maybe not... >>> > >> >>> > > Sr Cañete, thank you, you do both yourself and all of us a service. We >>> > > all (I hope) empathize with your loss. >>> > > And, most importantly, your story reminds everyone on the list of the >>> > > importance of doing backups of their handheld data with at least the >>> > > same regularity as their desktop and server systems. Regularly. >>> > > Paraphrasing Santayana: Those who do not learn from the suffering of >>> > > others are destined to suffer in the future. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > _______________________________________________ >>> > > support mailing list >>> > > [email protected] >>> > > https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support >>> > > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > support mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support >>> >>> -- >>> William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Home in Perth! >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> support mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> support mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support >> > > _______________________________________________ > support mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support > -- Karthik http://guilt.bafsoft.net _______________________________________________ support mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
