Comments on: Track Your Stolen Laptop (for Free) with Adeona http://www.snipe.net/2008/07/track-your-stolen-laptop-for-free-with-adeona/ Bitterness never tasted so sweet Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: used computers http://www.snipe.net/2008/07/track-your-stolen-laptop-for-free-with-adeona/comment-page-1/#comment-7851 used computers Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:38:39 +0000 http://www.snipe.net/?p=177#comment-7851 It might be fun to take advantage of that functionality to allow the thief to boot with whatever he installed after wiping the drive, but during the boot process downloading and installing your favorite reverse shell or equivalent, and setting a timer to silently halt the system after some random interval if that fails. It might be fun to take advantage of that functionality to allow the thief to boot with whatever he installed after wiping the drive, but during the boot process downloading and installing your favorite reverse shell or equivalent, and setting a timer to silently halt the system after some random interval if that fails.

]]> By: used computers http://www.snipe.net/2008/07/track-your-stolen-laptop-for-free-with-adeona/comment-page-1/#comment-7809 used computers Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:38:39 +0000 http://www.snipe.net/?p=177#comment-7809 It might be fun to take advantage of that functionality to allow the thief to boot with whatever he installed after wiping the drive, but during the boot process downloading and installing your favorite reverse shell or equivalent, and setting a timer to silently halt the system after some random interval if that fails. It might be fun to take advantage of that functionality to allow the thief to boot with whatever he installed after wiping the drive, but during the boot process downloading and installing your favorite reverse shell or equivalent, and setting a timer to silently halt the system after some random interval if that fails.

]]> By: PC Laptop Computers http://www.snipe.net/2008/07/track-your-stolen-laptop-for-free-with-adeona/comment-page-1/#comment-4502 PC Laptop Computers Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:03:23 +0000 http://www.snipe.net/?p=177#comment-4502 This Adeona software sounds like a great software for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service. I have to download this software and try it out. <abbr><em>PC Laptop Computers’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.pclaptopcomputers.net/acer-aspire-aoa150-1635-netbook" rel="nofollow">Acer Aspire AOA150-1635 Netbook</a></em></abbr> This Adeona software sounds like a great software for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service.

I have to download this software and try it out.

PC Laptop Computers’s last blog post..Acer Aspire AOA150-1635 Netbook

]]> By: PC Laptop Computers http://www.snipe.net/2008/07/track-your-stolen-laptop-for-free-with-adeona/comment-page-1/#comment-9170 PC Laptop Computers Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:03:00 +0000 http://www.snipe.net/?p=177#comment-9170 This Adeona software sounds like a great software for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service. I have to download this software and try it out. <abbr><em>PC Laptop Computers’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.pclaptopcomputers.net/acer-aspire-aoa150-1635-netbook" rel="nofollow">Acer Aspire AOA150-1635 Netbook</a></em></abbr> This Adeona software sounds like a great software for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service.

I have to download this software and try it out.

PC Laptop Computers’s last blog post..Acer Aspire AOA150-1635 Netbook

]]> By: snipe http://www.snipe.net/2008/07/track-your-stolen-laptop-for-free-with-adeona/comment-page-1/#comment-2930 snipe Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:12:33 +0000 http://www.snipe.net/?p=177#comment-2930 Dave - haha - I think that's the first time in my life the sentence "Snipe is a lot more diplomatic than I am" has ever been said. I'm not really known for my diplomacy :D But you touched on a key point that I forgot to address - one that is not necessarily a deal-breaker, but should at least be on one's radar. Whenever the effectiveness of your security (and potentially, even the ability for your computer to function) relies solely with a third party, you have to be really, *really* comfortable with that service. As you pointed out, Dave, so many things could happen - from the innocent "company going out of business" outcome to something far more maligned. Either way, it SHOULD be carefully considered. Dave – haha – I think that’s the first time in my life the sentence “Snipe is a lot more diplomatic than I am” has ever been said. I’m not really known for my diplomacy :D

But you touched on a key point that I forgot to address – one that is not necessarily a deal-breaker, but should at least be on one’s radar. Whenever the effectiveness of your security (and potentially, even the ability for your computer to function) relies solely with a third party, you have to be really, *really* comfortable with that service. As you pointed out, Dave, so many things could happen – from the innocent “company going out of business” outcome to something far more maligned. Either way, it SHOULD be carefully considered.

]]> By: snipe http://www.snipe.net/2008/07/track-your-stolen-laptop-for-free-with-adeona/comment-page-1/#comment-9169 snipe Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:12:00 +0000 http://www.snipe.net/?p=177#comment-9169 Dave - haha - I think that's the first time in my life the sentence "Snipe is a lot more diplomatic than I am" has ever been said. I'm not really known for my diplomacy :D But you touched on a key point that I forgot to address - one that is not necessarily a deal-breaker, but should at least be on one's radar. Whenever the effectiveness of your security (and potentially, even the ability for your computer to function) relies solely with a third party, you have to be really, *really* comfortable with that service. As you pointed out, Dave, so many things could happen - from the innocent "company going out of business" outcome to something far more maligned. Either way, it SHOULD be carefully considered. Dave – haha – I think that’s the first time in my life the sentence “Snipe is a lot more diplomatic than I am” has ever been said. I’m not really known for my diplomacy :D

But you touched on a key point that I forgot to address – one that is not necessarily a deal-breaker, but should at least be on one’s radar. Whenever the effectiveness of your security (and potentially, even the ability for your computer to function) relies solely with a third party, you have to be really, *really* comfortable with that service. As you pointed out, Dave, so many things could happen – from the innocent “company going out of business” outcome to something far more maligned. Either way, it SHOULD be carefully considered.

]]> By: Dave http://www.snipe.net/2008/07/track-your-stolen-laptop-for-free-with-adeona/comment-page-1/#comment-2929 Dave Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:06:41 +0000 http://www.snipe.net/?p=177#comment-2929 LOL ... see, the problem with a centralized proprietary service to manage your stolen laptop is that (a) as Snipe pointed out, you're stuck with whatever the service supports, and without whatever it doesn't, (b) as you yourself pointed out in your funny sig, you're stuck with whatever features the service decides to add by user request, and without whatever features the service doesn't feel like adding for whatever reason, (c) if the service goes out of business, so does your protection, and (d) if Microsoft injects SQL bugs into the servers powering the service, the thief might get away without having his new laptop locked down, and/or the service might shut down a non-stolen laptop in the middle of an important presentation, perhaps with some trademark blue screen of death or something, possibly as a result of bugginess in the closed-source application that the service required you to install with admin privileges on your laptop. I dunno, maybe Windows people have just gotten used to giving closed-source apps admin privileges and praying for the best; I'd be scared stiff to trust something without source even in my own user account, much less as root. Hey, don't get me wrong, I can understand why you're promoting your own junk; you have a vested interest. (I promote my own junk for the same reason.) Just don't be surprised when some of the obvious flaws are pointed out. (Snipe is a lot more diplomatic than I am, simply pointing out why your service doesn't meet the basic requirements she pointed out in the first couple of sentences of her original blog post.) Take care, - Dave LOL … see, the problem with a centralized proprietary service to manage
your stolen laptop is that (a) as Snipe pointed out, you’re stuck with
whatever the service supports, and without whatever it doesn’t, (b) as
you yourself pointed out in your funny sig, you’re stuck with whatever
features the service decides to add by user request, and without whatever
features the service doesn’t feel like adding for whatever reason, (c)
if the service goes out of business, so does your protection, and (d)
if Microsoft injects SQL bugs into the servers powering the service,
the thief might get away without having his new laptop locked down,
and/or the service might shut down a non-stolen laptop in the middle of
an important presentation, perhaps with some trademark blue screen of
death or something, possibly as a result of bugginess in the closed-source
application that the service required you to install with admin privileges
on your laptop. I dunno, maybe Windows people have just gotten used to
giving closed-source
apps admin privileges and praying for the best; I’d be scared stiff to trust something without source even in my own user account, much less as root.

Hey, don’t get me wrong, I can understand why you’re promoting your
own junk; you have a vested interest. (I promote my own junk for the
same reason.) Just don’t be surprised when some of the obvious flaws
are pointed out. (Snipe is a lot more diplomatic than I am, simply
pointing out why your service doesn’t meet the basic requirements she
pointed out in the first couple of sentences of her original blog post.)

Take care,
– Dave

]]> By: Dave http://www.snipe.net/2008/07/track-your-stolen-laptop-for-free-with-adeona/comment-page-1/#comment-9168 Dave Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:06:00 +0000 http://www.snipe.net/?p=177#comment-9168 LOL ... see, the problem with a centralized proprietary service to manage your stolen laptop is that (a) as Snipe pointed out, you're stuck with whatever the service supports, and without whatever it doesn't, (b) as you yourself pointed out in your funny sig, you're stuck with whatever features the service decides to add by user request, and without whatever features the service doesn't feel like adding for whatever reason, (c) if the service goes out of business, so does your protection, and (d) if Microsoft injects SQL bugs into the servers powering the service, the thief might get away without having his new laptop locked down, and/or the service might shut down a non-stolen laptop in the middle of an important presentation, perhaps with some trademark blue screen of death or something, possibly as a result of bugginess in the closed-source application that the service required you to install with admin privileges on your laptop. I dunno, maybe Windows people have just gotten used to giving closed-source apps admin privileges and praying for the best; I'd be scared stiff to trust something without source even in my own user account, much less as root. Hey, don't get me wrong, I can understand why you're promoting your own junk; you have a vested interest. (I promote my own junk for the same reason.) Just don't be surprised when some of the obvious flaws are pointed out. (Snipe is a lot more diplomatic than I am, simply pointing out why your service doesn't meet the basic requirements she pointed out in the first couple of sentences of her original blog post.) Take care, - Dave LOL … see, the problem with a centralized proprietary service to manage
your stolen laptop is that (a) as Snipe pointed out, you’re stuck with
whatever the service supports, and without whatever it doesn’t, (b) as
you yourself pointed out in your funny sig, you’re stuck with whatever
features the service decides to add by user request, and without whatever
features the service doesn’t feel like adding for whatever reason, (c)
if the service goes out of business, so does your protection, and (d)
if Microsoft injects SQL bugs into the servers powering the service,
the thief might get away without having his new laptop locked down,
and/or the service might shut down a non-stolen laptop in the middle of
an important presentation, perhaps with some trademark blue screen of
death or something, possibly as a result of bugginess in the closed-source
application that the service required you to install with admin privileges
on your laptop. I dunno, maybe Windows people have just gotten used to
giving closed-source
apps admin privileges and praying for the best; I’d be scared stiff to trust something without source even in my own user account, much less as root.

Hey, don’t get me wrong, I can understand why you’re promoting your
own junk; you have a vested interest. (I promote my own junk for the
same reason.) Just don’t be surprised when some of the obvious flaws
are pointed out. (Snipe is a lot more diplomatic than I am, simply
pointing out why your service doesn’t meet the basic requirements she
pointed out in the first couple of sentences of her original blog post.)

Take care,
– Dave

]]> By: snipe http://www.snipe.net/2008/07/track-your-stolen-laptop-for-free-with-adeona/comment-page-1/#comment-2923 snipe Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:22:01 +0000 http://www.snipe.net/?p=177#comment-2923 Not sure why comments are showing up in weird order - looking into it. Not sure why comments are showing up in weird order – looking into it.

]]> By: snipe http://www.snipe.net/2008/07/track-your-stolen-laptop-for-free-with-adeona/comment-page-1/#comment-9167 snipe Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:22:00 +0000 http://www.snipe.net/?p=177#comment-9167 Not sure why comments are showing up in weird order - looking into it. Not sure why comments are showing up in weird order – looking into it.

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