Catching the Crook Who Stole Your Laptop!
Saturday, January 24th, 2009
After reading multiple articles, on how people had managed to catch crooks who had stolen their laptops, and reading xkcd. I thought i might as well try creating my own solution.
Before I go any further, this solution is a Mac OSX solution, and requires, that you have some webspace, with FTP access.
I will explain what I wanted the software to do, and how it accomplishes these aims.
- Firstly I wanted the software to recognise if the laptop has been stolen.
- If the laptop is stolen, take photos of the user, and upload them to my webspace,
- As well as uploadinging photos of the user, record their ip, and upload a copy to my webspace.
The above 3 points were the basics of the app. However after reading xkcd, i thought it would be cool to get the application to announce to the world (via its speakers) that it is stolen property, at full volume.
Now i have told you what i wanted the app to be able to do I will explain, how it actually does it. (more…)