Open Source Adeona Tracks Lost & Stolen Laptops

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."

Hmm...

[dahitokiri]

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

Prior art ?

[Gothmolly]

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

No proprietary, central service?

[iminplaya]

This sounds suspiciously like some kind of P2P thing. I think it should be outlawed :\

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Re:Missing..

[BPPG]

Well, desktops tend to have rotary garfuncters, laptops use malleable garfuncters. Also, desktops tend to be too large, it needs to be on a smaller laptop for the software to work properly. Any computer shop employee can explain this to you.

Re:Hmm...

[BPPG]

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

Re:Hmm...

[cthulu_mt]

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

Re:Missing..

[Arcane_Rhino]

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.

Re:Hmm...

[Potatomasher]

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

Re:But without a central service

[pushing-robot]

Good lord, man! Misusing an apostrophe in a Slashdot thread? When the parent poster owns an open-source justice mob?

Delete your account! Throw away your computer! RUN FOR THE HILLS!

Re:Hmm...

[BPPG]

I'm as surprised as you are.

Re:Hmm...

[j-pimp]

Hans shot first!!!

Re:Hmm...

[Anonymous Coward]

It is always necessary to bring a trojan with you to the strip club

Re:But without a central service

[FreakinSyco]

Leads? Sure, I'll just check down with the boys at the crime lab... They've got four more detectives on this case... They've got us workin' in shifts!