Lost your laptop? Find it Using a Free Open-Source Laptop Tracking System

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 15, 2008

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“Adeona doesn’t exactly give you the address and phone
number of the person who’s stolen your laptop, but it does provide
the IP (Internet Protocol) address that it last used as well as
data on what nearby routers it used to connect to the Internet.
Armed with that information, law enforcement could track down the
criminal, said Tadayoshi Kohno, an assistant professor at the
University of Washington.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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