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So I was watching a video from Defcon 18 about a guy who's rig got stolen and he hacked his own computer and found the guy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4oB28ksiIo

This got me thinking... If someone were to steal my laptop, tomorrow, would I have any way of tracing it to get it back? Given, I live in a barracks of 200 guys so it'd probably be pretty easy to get it back, but still... I was curious of various ways I could trace it via the internet if it were to ever get stolen and reconnected to the internet. I was thinking I could install a keylogger and have it constantly run, but I really don't want a keylogger on my computer in case it does get stolen by a hacker and they can do something with the logs.

Can you think of any other way or software that I could install that would keep a log of my laptops location if it were to ever get stolen?

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Entirely free and AHK-Community based solution: Have it upload http://geo.ahk4.me/ data to http://www.autohotkey.net
The problem is accuracy... perhaps you can find a more accurate geo-locator.

And how that guy did it was he could ssh into his box... perhaps you should write a script (in startupcommon) which looks for a specific .AHK from http://www.autohotkey.com/~Eedis/something.ahk -- if it exists, download it and run it. That way, if your box is stolen, you can control it arbitrarily.

He also had VNC on it... install that too?

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That is an ingenious idea. So original. I will probably just impliment that because it sounds fun. I might be able to implement the link into the script as well.

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http://www.ip-address.org/
http://network-tools.com/
They are ton of website, however if you know one who is very good ?

Hmm I need a look to http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic75499.html , but my location is wrong...

Nimda idea is good, and give time to manage or create script after the steal, it's like a mediator, for a simple Keychain (forced shutdown if wrong value) or a dynamic script to run (VNC+Keylogger, just need skill with ahk)... But a thief will format and reset, as a ganster will change all your car...

Edit: startupcommon is not good because it's too common and know by noobs, you need to use registry for hide apps or run as a service (more complicate, and select a good "name.exe" too).
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutoria ... locations/
I haven't knowledge for run a service, maybe someone have in ahk forum, or do some search with "Run As Service" or "Create Service". good luck !

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