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fringe: Open source laptop tracking
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:24:57 +0000 (UTC)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>I know some people who are going to be really upset by this, but personally, I'm delighted:
Researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego, launched a new laptop tracking service, called Adeona, that is free and private. Once downloaded onto a laptop, the software starts anonymously sending encrypted notes about the computers whereabouts to servers on the Internet. If the laptop ever goes missing, the user downloads another program, enters a username and password, and then picks up this information from the servers, a free storage service called OpenDHT. (The Mac version of Adeona even uses a freeware program called isightcapture to take a snapshot of whomever is using the computer.) Adeona provides the IP address that it last used as well as data on nearby routers. Armed with that information, law enforcement could track down the criminal. Because Adeona ships with an open-source license, anyone can take the code and improve it or even sell it. The researchers say theyre hoping that software developers will build all kinds of new features such as Global Positioning System-aware tracking systems for new platforms such as the iPhone. Later this month, the Adeona team will give a technical presentation at the Usenix Security Symposium in San Jose.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security&articleId=9110128&taxonomyId=17&intsrc=kc_top http://adeona.cs.washington.edu/
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