[GRLUG] Recovering a stolen computer over the Internet

Don Ellis don.ellis at gmail.com
Sun Jan 2 17:35:54 EST 2011


That depends on the intelligence of the thief and of the person who buys it
from the thief. Don't know what the percentages are, but having at least
some chance of getting it back is a good thing.

--Don Ellis


On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Nick Reid <nick at toomanycomputers.com>wrote:

> I have lurked this thread for a while and i see one thing you
> overlooked.. if you stole a laptop wouldn't you wipe it?
>
> why leave whats on it there who knows what smart person like us would
> have installed to spy on the thief.?
>
>
> On 12/30/2010 12:55 AM, Godwin wrote:
> > Hmm, ideas...  ssh - check, keylogger - check, dyndns - only on
> > router, vnc - check...
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Mike Williams <knightperson at zuzax.com
> > <mailto:knightperson at zuzax.com>> wrote:
> >
> >      On 12/29/2010 11:33 AM, Michael Mol wrote:
> >
> >         FYI; the video contains headphone language.
> >
> >     That it does, but a very good story and presentation.
> >
>

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