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2007-02-26
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#12
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There was just some talk of such things last week here:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/list...velopers/18357
It would be very easy to make the 770/N800 silently phone home whenever it got an Internet connection. Getting a court order to get the address from an ISP would be another matter altogether but possible as was demonstrated in the Seti@home stolen laptop case. You may not catch the thief as they will likely fence it too fast but you might get your gadget back.
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/list...velopers/18357
It would be very easy to make the 770/N800 silently phone home whenever it got an Internet connection. Getting a court order to get the address from an ISP would be another matter altogether but possible as was demonstrated in the Seti@home stolen laptop case. You may not catch the thief as they will likely fence it too fast but you might get your gadget back.
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2007-02-26
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#13
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As it stands, I just want to skin a devious little redhead...
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2007-02-27
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#14
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Talking about stolen stuff, when can we have truecrypt ported, so atleast you data is safe?
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2007-02-27
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#15
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Originally Posted by freeman
Just as soon as you're done porting it?
Talking about stolen stuff, when can we have truecrypt ported, so atleast you data is safe?
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2007-03-05
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#16
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Originally Posted by mwiktowy
Our MaemoPlazer (maemoplazer_watcher) already sits in background and connects to Plazes every time the N800 has a WiFi connection.
It would be very easy to make the 770/N800 silently phone home whenever it got an Internet connection. Getting a court order to get the address from an ISP would be another matter altogether but possible as was demonstrated in the Seti@home stolen laptop case. You may not catch the thief as they will likely fence it too fast but you might get your gadget back.
While you don't get the IP of the device this way, you might get an actual physical location which can also lead you to the thief. Then just grab your towel (doesn't every galactic hitchhiker carry one?) and strangle the guy...
Of course, this scenario would work better if we made MaemoPlazer start silently in the background...
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