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Open Source Adeona Tracks Lost & Stolen Laptops

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the marco-polo-marco-polo dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service. This means that you can install Adeona on your laptop and go — there's no need to rely on a single third party. What's more, Adeona addresses a critical privacy goal different from existing commercial offerings. It is privacy-preserving. This means that no one besides the owner (or an agent of the owner's choosing) can use Adeona to track a laptop. Unlike other systems, users of Adeona can rest assured that no one can abuse the system in order to track where they use their laptop."

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  1. Hmm... by dahitokiri · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mobile device + Linux + Adeona == cheap way to keep tabs on your girlfriend/wife/kids at all times?

    1. Re:Hmm... by BPPG · · Score: 4, Funny

      What??? Little Jimmy has his laptop open at the local strip bar? Sweet, I didn't know they had open wifi!

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    2. Re:Hmm... by cthulu_mt · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...No, he knew where she was the whole time...

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    3. Re:Hmm... by Potatomasher · · Score: 4, Funny

      woha ! +3 Informative ?
      Guys... THE strip bar doesn't really have open wifi. It was a joke. Now come back to your desks...

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  2. Prior art ? by Gothmolly · · Score: 4, Funny

    I get warnings that my computer is broadcasting its IP address all the time !

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  3. Re:Missing.. by Arcane_Rhino · · Score: 4, Funny

    But do you often take your desktop PC out for coffee?

    Well, not so much anymore. Once I realized it was a "sure thing" I kind of stopped the romance.

    I felt kinda bad until I inserted the comment, "I wanna just stay in today" on the start-up splash.