On: How Tracking Down My Stolen Computer Triggered a D...

[ck2]

Great read.

I am going to make all my mobile devices hit a webpage on a few of my servers silently on bootup (if there is a web connection) so I would at least have that ip. Also embedding a hidden image into the browser about:blank (startup) page.

[eli → ck2]

No need to engineer this yourself: http://preyproject.com/ has open source anti-theft apps for most platforms.

[bostonvaulter2 → ck2]

I wonder if you could install something on the BIOS as well in case they try and wipe the Operating System (which they really should do if they want to be safe).

[wmf → bostonvaulter2]

Just use FDE; if the thief doesn't know the password everything is effectively wiped already.

[tedunangst → bostonvaulter2]

That's how lojack works. You probably have it installed in your bios now.