[Noisebridge-discuss] tracking software for missing laptops / androids

[Brian Morris]

wow, thanks !

On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> http://preyproject.com/
>
> i just installed this.  its FOSS and if you're hardcore you can run it
> without using their website (but you have to configure it for your mail
> server).  Accounts on their website are free and let you get all the info
> you could possibly get, no reason for a pro account. (except waiting less
> than ten minutes for a report)
>
> I activated my device as "missing" and a report came in ten minutes later,
> with a picture of me (i did not notice the webcam light come on even
> though i was looking for it) and a bunch of other info.
>
> of course it put the IP address from which my laptop was connecting to the
> internet, but whatever service they're using to get an actual location
> from that only resolves to downtown oakland, 3.4 miles away.
>
> -jake
>
> Active Internet connections (including servers)
> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address          Foreign Address        (state)
> tcp4       0      0  192.168.10.43.59063    beacon.newrelic..http
> ESTABLISHED
> tcp4       0      0  192.168.10.43.58975    www-12-06-prn1.f.http
> ESTABLISHED
> tcp4       0      0  192.168.10.43.58894    channel-36-37.01.http
> ESTABLISHED
> tcp4       0      0  192.168.10.43.57870    artsf1.spaz.org.ssh
> ESTABLISHED
> tcp4       0      0  192.168.10.43.57865    74.125.224.109.https
> ESTABLISHED
> tcp4       0      0  *.kerberos             *.*                    LISTEN
> tcp6       0      0  *.kerberos             *.*                    LISTEN
> tcp4       0      0  *.afpovertcp           *.*                    LISTEN
> tcp6       0      0  *.afpovert             *.*                    LISTEN
> tcp4       0      0  localhost.ipp          *.*                    LISTEN
> tcp6       0      0  localhost.ipp          *.*                    LISTEN
>
>      agrCtlRSSI: -62
>      agrExtRSSI: 0
>     agrCtlNoise: -96
>     agrExtNoise: 0
>           state: running
>         op mode: station
>      lastTxRate: 54
>         maxRate: 54
> lastAssocStatus: 0
>     802.11 auth: open
>       link auth: none
>           BSSID: 0:13:49:d1:db:1e
>            SSID: ZyXEL
>             MCS: -1
>         channel: 11
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