<font size="2">One of the nice things about Prey is that it runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux. I have it on my Mac desktop and Windows & Linux dual boot laptop under both OSs and it works great. One weakness of software-only tracking on at least some machines (and my laptop in particular) is that despite having a password on the BIOS, it is still possible to override the boot order, which I would prefer to have set to always boot from the hard drive first (or even better, <i>only</i>) unless a password is entered. Thus someone could still boot it up initially with an OS install DVD and wipe it clean before Prey or anything else ever got to run.<br>
<br>Of course it's still worth installing something like this since most people aren't that savvy.<br><br>Has anyone found a way to replace a BIOS with one that would make a laptop into a paperweight without a password even if the boot hard drive were replaced? It'd be nice if it were <i>impossible</i> to make my computer function other than the way I want it to without a very long password like those at <a href="https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm">https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm</a>.<br>
<br>-Chrysanthemum<br></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Erik Nelson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:erik.nels0n99@gmail.com">erik.nels0n99@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<p>From the AP's SSID and MAC address you can narrow it down with SkyHook. Or you can fake out Google and other Wifi geolocation services. ;D</p><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 17, 2011 10:15 PM, "Brian Morris" <<a href="mailto:cymraegish@gmail.com" target="_blank">cymraegish@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> wow, thanks !<br>> <br>
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Jake <<a href="mailto:jake@spaz.org" target="_blank">jake@spaz.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>>> <a href="http://preyproject.com/" target="_blank">http://preyproject.com/</a><br>>><br>>> i just installed this. its FOSS and if you're hardcore you can run it<br>>> without using their website (but you have to configure it for your mail<br>
>> server). Accounts on their website are free and let you get all the info<br>>> you could possibly get, no reason for a pro account. (except waiting less<br>>> than ten minutes for a report)<br>>><br>
>> I activated my device as "missing" and a report came in ten minutes later,<br>>> with a picture of me (i did not notice the webcam light come on even<br>>> though i was looking for it) and a bunch of other info.<br>
>><br>>> of course it put the IP address from which my laptop was connecting to the<br>>> internet, but whatever service they're using to get an actual location<br>>> from that only resolves to downtown oakland, 3.4 miles away.<br>
>><br>>> -jake<br>>><br>>> Active Internet connections (including servers)<br>>> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address (state)<br>>> tcp4 0 0 192.168.10.43.59063 beacon.newrelic..http<br>
>> ESTABLISHED<br>>> tcp4 0 0 192.168.10.43.58975 www-12-06-prn1.f.http<br>>> ESTABLISHED<br>>> tcp4 0 0 192.168.10.43.58894 channel-36-37.01.http<br>>> ESTABLISHED<br>
>> tcp4 0 0 192.168.10.43.57870 artsf1.spaz.org.ssh<br>>> ESTABLISHED<br>>> tcp4 0 0 192.168.10.43.57865 74.125.224.109.https<br>>> ESTABLISHED<br>>> tcp4 0 0 *.kerberos *.* LISTEN<br>
>> tcp6 0 0 *.kerberos *.* LISTEN<br>>> tcp4 0 0 *.afpovertcp *.* LISTEN<br>>> tcp6 0 0 *.afpovert *.* LISTEN<br>
>> tcp4 0 0 localhost.ipp *.* LISTEN<br>>> tcp6 0 0 localhost.ipp *.* LISTEN<br>>><br>>> agrCtlRSSI: -62<br>>> agrExtRSSI: 0<br>
>> agrCtlNoise: -96<br>>> agrExtNoise: 0<br>>> state: running<br>>> op mode: station<br>>> lastTxRate: 54<br>>> maxRate: 54<br>>> lastAssocStatus: 0<br>
>> 802.11 auth: open<br>>> link auth: none<br>>> BSSID: 0:13:49:d1:db:1e<br>>> SSID: ZyXEL<br>>> MCS: -1<br>>> channel: 11<br>>> _______________________________________________<br>
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