| sean finney on 14 Jul 2010 05:31:53 -0700 |
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hi gordon, sounds fun! On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:01:52PM -0400, Gordon Dexter wrote: > I'm setting up my Eee 901 netbook with a 'phone-home' type shell > script that will collect various data in the event that it is > stolen. I used to have Adeona but I found that DHT is no longer > working, and that didn't get webcam shots anyways, so I thought I'd > roll my own. The script will check for a certain subdomain that I > will only create when the laptop is stolen, and then make a tarball > with info that might help me find the thief and get my laptop back. > > So far I'm getting > *webcam frame grabs using streamer > *screen captures with scrot > *wireless network scan (iwlist) > *IP address and routing info of course here's a few ideas off the top of my head: * traceroute to google.com * reverse-ip lookups (i.e. ask something on the net what your address is, since you could likely be behind a private NAT) * recent web browser history * (perhaps selective) x/keylogging if it's stolen and running linux there's a pretty good chance that they'll go "what's this" shortly before wiping and reinstalling anyway, but if you sneak it into the at-boot sequence you might be more lucky and get a successful run of the script before they do so. maybe put something in the resume-from-suspend scripts area too, in case your laptop gets swiped while in suspend mode. with the wireless network list (essid's + AP mac addresses), you can probably do some rough geopositioning... i think there's some web-based services that can let you do this though i've never used them. oh, and i don't know if this model supports it, but some newer laptops and netbooks have a slot for a built-in wireless modem + sim card. you could buy a cheap prepaid sim card and have a real "phone home" system, maybe some remote sms-activation, and maybe even some cell tower triangulation. sean -- Attachment:
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