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there is software for
by Roger NC 
- 3/15/13 7:15 AM
In Reply to: What NOT to do with stolen iPad? by James Denison
tablets, smart phones, and laptops that allow you to remotely deactivate them, as well as the call home with GPS location software remotely operated. Don't recall the names right now.
supposedly it's inbuilt into iPads, but....
by James Denison - 3/15/13 11:59 AM
In Reply to: there is software for by Roger NC
...he turned it off. Seems sometimes his children use it and when they uploaded pictures it would say where they had been and for their safety he turned that function off.
can't it be reactivated remotely?
by Roger NC - 3/15/13 1:49 PM
In Reply to: supposedly it's inbuilt into iPads, but.... by James Denison
I thought some software I had seen for smart phones and pads had that capability, but I may be wrong.
(NT) Example Android title? "Plan B"
by R. Proffitt - 3/15/13 1:51 PM
In Reply to: can't it be reactivated remotely? by Roger NC
(NT) Andoid has where's my droid app
by Diana - 3/18/13 6:51 PM
In Reply to: (NT) Example Android title? "Plan B" by R. Proffitt
Plan B needs no app pre-installed.
by R. Proffitt - 3/18/13 6:54 PM
In Reply to: (NT) Andoid has where's my droid app by Diana
Kinda scary.
Maybe, but
by James Denison - 3/18/13 8:07 PM
In Reply to: Plan B needs no app pre-installed. by R. Proffitt
isn't it sort of installed by the manufacturer, just hidden until you and they both turn it on?
Scare your friends, entertain your boss.
by R. Proffitt - 3/19/13 12:26 PM
In Reply to: Maybe, but by James Denison
Plan B is quite the tool.
As to what is installed by the maker, -> CIQ <- on Android is well known.
Both of these are kinda creepy.
Bob
Software
by James Denison - 3/19/13 6:59 PM
In Reply to: Scare your friends, entertain your boss. by R. Proffitt
but they already had the firmware of MAC for tracking purposes. Less efficient, but with proper access, one can already be tracked by their MAC which is a better pointer even than one's IP address used, since that can vary depending on location. Of course cheap USB wireless fobs can give one a certain anonymity so long as referer info is changed too as one moves around or connects through various wireless connects, or dialup out of area servers using VOIP and proxy servers.
I noticed an interesting situation on my home router, in which my daughter's iPod automatically tries to "call home" at 3am every morning. I know it's not her since she's asleep and I have limited hours set on the firewall for her device. Still, the attempt to connect is made. I wonder how many cellphones "call home" now, unless the battery is completely removed? Most older burn phones don't, but I suspect many if not all the newer ones do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_IQ
PS- hang onto your old SD memory cards
by James Denison - 3/19/13 7:07 PM
In Reply to: Scare your friends, entertain your boss. by R. Proffitt
I suspect eventually all new memory cards will become the WiFi included type. When that happens, any device utilizing a memory chip will be trackable everywhere there's any sort of wireless connect or mobile phone tower. Doing a walk by for cloning info on them will become a new favorite spy tool I expect.
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