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

Wed Oct 17 17:00:21 EAT 2012

Mr. Ikua, that cost of $50 annually is actually high. I'm better of
insuring my laptop with the knowledge that if it is lost, and not
recovered, I will still get it back, and the amount is just about $50

On 17 October 2012 16:21, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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