[kictanet] Q: How are Kenyan telcos helping the police recover stolen laptops?

[Evans Ikua]

Not quite Barrack. Its very affordable. About $50 annually.

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>wrote:

> @ Evans the cost implication might be astronomical no? interesting ideas
> though.
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I know of software solutions that can help track your lost laptop. The
>> software resides in the bios, so uninstalling the OS won't help. This only
>> works once the laptop is plugged into the Internet. From this point, you
>> need the cooperation of the Telco/ISP and the police to track the laptop
>> using the IPs. I have never tried it though.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Michael Bullut <main at kipsang.com> wrote:
>>
>>> *@Alex* + 1
>>>
>>>
>>> On 17 October 2012 14:32, Alex Comninos <alex.comninos at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It can be quite easy to track USB modems (dongles) through the IEMI
>>>> number, like in a cellphone. It is easy to block IEMI numbers and
>>>> punish the criminal by rendering the device useless. Whether
>>>> geolocating the devices through triangulation of GSM reception is
>>>> possible depends on whether this type of tracking is allowed by
>>>> legislation. This would probably need a warrant to prevent abuse.
>>>>
>>>> Detecting a laptop is however virtually impossible. Laptops transmit
>>>> two MAC adresses over networks (the wired and wireless connection)
>>>> that can identify them. However the MAC address can only be detected
>>>> by LANs or wireless networks. Once the device is in a local network
>>>> (LAN) it is behind a router, which has its own MAC address, rendering
>>>> the MAC adress of the laptop undetectable. Thus the telcos can only
>>>> track USB modems and phones, but not laptops. There are simply no
>>>> technological methods available to have telcos cooperate in finding
>>>> laptops.
>>>>
>>>> I would suggest if one is afraid of losing a laptop:
>>>> 1- one insures it
>>>> 2- one encrypts the harddrive (Windows can do this now) as to not have
>>>> sensitive data stolen
>>>> 3- one backs up their data regularly, either to a harddrive, or online
>>>> to the cloud.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 17 October 2012 12:39, Nancy Macharia <n_macharia at yahoo.co.uk>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Muraya,
>>>> > This is a serious concern as we kenyans  save their hard earned
>>>> income to purchase laptops.
>>>> >
>>>> > The amount of agony and disorientation one experiences upon losing
>>>> not just the hardware resource but more importantly the information is
>>>> enormous.
>>>> >
>>>> > I was a victim of this heinous act and telcos did not appear to be of
>>>> help.
>>>> >
>>>> > I would be delighted to offer ideas towards realising a solution for
>>>> this menace.
>>>> >
>>>> > Nancy
>>>> > Tel: +254727746156Sent from my BlackBerry
>>>> >
>>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>>> > From: "S.M. Muraya" <murigi.muraya at gmail.com>
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>>>> > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:31:04
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>>>> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>>> > Subject: [kictanet] Q: How are Kenyan telcos helping the police
>>>> recover
>>>> >         stolen laptops?
>>>> >
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