Laptop/mobile finder

@durga-TpX3gO • Oct 25, 2024

Oct 25, 2024

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Like remote sensors to open a car/ detect a car theft, do we have any thing like a mobile finder( same on grounds of key finder)??? or infact laptop finder?

you press 'find' button and the mobile/laptop beeps out from some corner?? it would even be better if the beep's location is detected and sent back to the remote controller 😁. WOW! I would never have to ask my friends to call my mobile to find it.!!

Same with laptop! this would infact help people find there lost property.

any ideas how this can be put practically?

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Aashish Joshi

@aashish-VrevFC • Oct 16, 2009

Maybe with GPS..
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durga ch

@durga-TpX3gO • Oct 16, 2009

if mobile . even location from care of address base station would be sufficient I think, for Lappy yup, may be GPS.
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Ashraf HZ

@Ash • Oct 19, 2009

You can do it with existing GPS + transmitter modules, but they are still expensive and bulky. If one was made to fit in the PC Card slot, that'll make things more convenient.. but still costly.

I think just for the purpose of finding a laptop nearby, a simple radio module would suffice. If you get closer to it, it can beep or flash faster. Directionality can be implemented if needed.
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Aashish Joshi

@aashish-VrevFC • Oct 20, 2009

yeah, ash is correct..GPS will be a expensive and bulky..something on the lines of an RFID which beeps would do the trick..tracking could be initiated by a hand held device
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durga ch

@durga-TpX3gO • Oct 20, 2009

I thought " what if a laptop is stolen" hence GPS was bought into picture for location purposes or we have any other methods easier ones to find a laptop?
Obviously Ip detection wont do, will MAC tracking do?
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Ashraf HZ

@Ash • Oct 21, 2009

MAC addresses cannot be accessed outside a LAN, and you'll need to trick the thief to either broadcast it voluntarily or visit a website containing an Applet that can read it. If the thief was clever, he/she would reformat the laptop first. That eliminates the chances of any software based tracker installed on it. If the thief is paranoid, they'll just spoof the MAC addresses of the installed network devices.

You can get GPS chips that are tiny, but they are a lot more expensive than their already expensive bulky compatriots. So far, a hardware based tracker is the more likely solution for expensive stolen stuff.

Probably the only thing one can do at the moment is record down the serial number of the laptop now, and report it once it gets stolen so that the thief will have a harder time selling it.
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durga ch

@durga-TpX3gO • Oct 21, 2009

ash
MAC addresses cannot be accessed outside a LAN, and you'll need to trick the thief to either broadcast it voluntarily or visit a website containing an Applet that can read it. If the thief was clever, he/she would reformat the laptop first. That eliminates the chances of any software based tracker installed on it. If the thief is paranoid, they'll just spoof the MAC addresses of the installed network devices.
understood.

Probably the only thing one can do at the moment is record down the serial number of the laptop now, and report it once it gets stolen so that the thief will have a harder time selling it.
Ah! couple of friends did have a burglary at their places, as you said reported the sequence number. It did not work. They have lost their laptops for good.
😔
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