subject: Recover stolen laptops with open-source Adeona [print this page] windows; Mac; Linux windows; Mac; Linux
Several months ago we wrote about a free application, which was able track stolen computers , and today we have an open source alternative for you. Its called Adeona and interesting how it works. After its creation will have a file that is used to identify your computer in case of theft or loss. It is recommended to place this file in a safe place, or e-mail to yourself.
After losing the computer will be able to call the Adeona Recovery applications, this provides a file hidden in a safe place, and it will try to remotely download the relevant information from the stolen computer. Information can be downloaded include:
internal IP address This is the Internet location as reported by the operating system. external IP address this is the place obtained the Internet asking how checkip.dyndns.org server. Nearby routers These are network routers, obtained through the traceroute to a randomly selected PlanetLab computers. Usually the names of network routers you can give a clue about geography. access point this is the name of the wireless connection, can give a clue about its location. It should be noted that the version of Windows just reads the registry key may contain outdated information or no information about the current access point(for example, if someone does not use Windows, provided wireless management tools.) Images(Mac only) find the location of the item takes a picture with isightcapture before sending updates to OpenDHT. If a thief with a laptop, you can get a picture of them.
does not say whether it actually help in accessing the computer, but it certainly does not hurt. Heres a guide that will help you when Configuration Adeona and the second guide that explains download with .
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