is it possible to track laptop?

[welove8051]

hello geeks, recently i had lost my laptop, is there any way we can track a laptop using mac id or other means


regards
kj

 

[FoxyRick]

No, since the MAC address will not pass the first router. Only the IP address goes forward.

I believe that there is software that can be installed on a laptop, and used to track that laptop on the internet if it goes missing. That is obviously no use after the fact though :sad:

 

[jeffrey samuel]

Better not loose your laptop for tracking the IP address also is hard if the culprit uses a Proxy server

 

[picgak]

have a look at this news **broken link removed**

 

[FoxyRick]

The notable thing about picgak's link is that the service is free. If governments or police authorities funded something like that everywhere, I guess it would lead to a lot of thieves being caught.

A proxy server would make life difficult of course, but most thieves (at least around here) have such low IQs that they probably struggle to find the 'on' switch.

Again though, any such service or software relies on being installed before the horse has bolted.

 

[jeffrey samuel]

Agree 100 % fox the software once removed is just futile form of protection but worth trying

PS : Don't try to pick mine though LOL

 

[BradtheRad]

A news segment recently told of a man whose house was burglarized. His laptop was stolen. He started checking Craigslist and Ebay. He discovered that the thieves put his laptop up for sale.

The owner arranged to buy it without letting them know who he was. He also told the police.

The owner met the thieves to make the transaction. The police came out of hiding and made an arrest on the spot.

 

[jeffrey samuel]

Wow strange but true in many cases if we keep a tag over a popular site for selling goods we have maximum proximity of finding our lost

 

[tpetar]

Yes laptops are tracked!

- Requirements are that you are registered users to manufacturer database.
- That you have installed manufacturer support software on laptop (such as Toshiba,Dell).
- That software send Serial Number of laptop and current public IP address to manufacturer datacenter database over Internet. They can watch that stolen laptop and locate him over IP address.
- If you dont have manufacturer support software installed on laptop, automatic tracking is not possible, but can be done through installation of some drivers or online software installation.

Databases containts multiple track lists of public IP address, time, date, serial number of device.

Apple laptops are tracked on Internet also, they are very explicit and strong in this.


Central office can inform their local office in that country, then they can inform local police, to get owner of that public IP address (with court permissions) and later they send some blue group of "chiffoniers" on that address.

- If public IP address, are used in some Internet Caffe they can use CCTV records, and see face of that person, in some cities they can track that person everywhere, even to home address.

- If home cable or DSL line is used case is clear.

- If mobile phone is used for Internet connection, and phone are not stolen, case is also clear.

- If unauthorized wireless connection is used, then WLAN router log and ISP log tracks can be used to follow frequent accessed Internet addresses unknown to owner of WLAN router. Like for example, some FaceBook address.

- Story about Proxy servers. Many proxies on Internet are monitored by security agencies, they also own lots of public proxy servers. If have ip address of proxy server, and we dont have access to proxy server log to see real ip address of laptop, this can be very hard to find real IP address. In that case, we wait that user skip usage of proxy server some day and .....



Even stolen GPS navigation devices can be monitored and tracked. For mobile phones we all know.

This is not in direct link with stolen laptop:
If you want to catch thief on easy way, just leave one phone in a prominent and conspicuous place. Of course assuming that we have writen IMEI number of device, and that thief dont change IMEI number of device. (yes IMEI can be changed I try this several times and works on SGS2).

 

[ahmad1954]

there is a free software in https://preyproject.com/. if you install it on a laptop, after lost the laptop you can find it via internet.

 

[tpetar]

there is a free software in https://preyproject.com/. if you install it on a laptop, after lost the laptop you can find it via internet.

In best way you can find city, country and ISP of new laptop user, based on IP address. For more details about new user, ISP request writ to give users details for requested IP at specified time and date.

This works only until new laptop user install OS again, or remove this software.

Future of tracking and ours civilization twilight is in nano gps tracking devices, embedded in any mobile devices.