Tracking a stolen laptop?

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I think the lo jack idea may have merit. How effective would the technology be in the actual recovery. Police would be involved and most local police departments don't have time to put into misdeameanor arrests or knocking on doors to recover a notebook. Then there is the cost to have this technology available on your notebook. It's likely the person who swiped the notebook can not even access the OS. Check the Windows OS sections for the number of people who ask for help daily due to not remembering their password.

 

[BarcodeBob]

I think the lo jack idea may have merit. How effective would the technology be in the actual recovery. Police would be involved and most local police departments don't have time to put into misdeameanor arrests or knocking on doors to recover a notebook. Then there is the cost to have this technology available on your notebook. It's likely the person who swiped the notebook can not even access the OS. Check the Windows OS sections for the number of people who ask for help daily due to not remembering their password.

I agree with everything you say. I'm just floating an idea which i realize would be extremely costly to setup, a huge burden to maintain and would probably never pay for itself (gee that sounds like a typical government project).

But I've had all my questions answered. Thanks for the chat badge.

 

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Yeah, thanks. Turned out to be an interesting topic of discussion, one which I learned quite a lot in regards to lo jack type tracking available for computers. Now if I can just get the local police to find the guy who appeared on my security cameras stealing the copper pipe from my crawl space at the office I'll be just giddy with all this. 8)

 

[jjviscomi]

Simple little solution for tracking a MacBook or MacBook Pro any where in the world with a little script: http://www.theobfuscated.org/2011/04/08/tracking-a-mac-over-the-internet/

 

[cctsa]

Here is one solution to track computers IP location free: http://capturecomputerthief.net/

Just install a software in the computers to protect and you can get the history of all the connections IP and DNS names used from your Laptop computer.

The software can be downloaded here: http://capturecomputerthief.net/downloads/cct_v1.0.zip
It is freeware so can be used free of costs.