True. But ones the thief removed your simcard I assume he will flash the firmware... And then the theft-protection will be gone as well :-(
On 6/30/07, Buddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am pretty sure that if someone steals a phone, he wants to use it and put a simcard in the phone. The phone can call my own ISP and connect on a standard dial-up line. The problem with sms is, you can sent it to your own number but can't acces the sms till you get your replacement simcard, and you can't get a new simcard with prepayed. On 6/30/07, Frank Coenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem is of course that you can't sent sms/emails if there is no > sim. > And even IF there is a sim, you cant always sent emails since you need > to have a data plan. > SMS of course is an option. > > On 6/30/07, Buddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have been thinking for a system like this sinds my last phone was > > stolen :( > > > > What I would like is: > > simcard is changed -> phone sents email/sms to a server. > > Gives me the new phone number, a code to call the phone silent. > > Possibility to call phone and open a remote terminal. > > With acces to GPS data, and all personal data, my own and from the new > > owner. > > > > Fuck with him for a while (sent delayed (with cron) a few sms messages > > to his friends) change his agenda, etc etc > > > > Look him up at the most embarrassing place (work, school) and get my > > phone back. > > > > > > Buddy > > > > On 6/30/07, wim delvaux < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi sean and other OpenMoko-ers > > > > > > Just read an article on Slashdot (?) about the fact that lots of > > > of our precious gadgets get stolen (or lost). > > > > > > Not being a hardware guy, I was wondering if one could > > > build/integrate/stick > > > to them some kind of 'anti-proximity' detector. > > > > > > This is a device that consists of a a central - costly ? - > > > pockettable > > > detector (that probes for a set of devices within a know list every > > > now and > > > then) and which you put in your pocket, or wallet or on your > > > keychain. > > > > > > Around that device a 'cloud' of periferals exists (Neo, wallet, > > > Phone, > > > Laptop, ...) each tagged with a cheap ID which gets probed by the > > > central. > > > > > > If any of the periferals fall out of range, the central beeps > > > warning me - the > > > owner of these nice periferals - that I am loosing one. > > > > > > I do not know if this idea is at all feasible (battery consumption, > > > size, ...) > > > or perhaps it even exists, but I wanted to float this idea. > > > > > > Suggestions comments welcome > > > > > > W > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > OpenMoko community mailing list > > > community@lists.openmoko.org > > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenMoko community mailing list > > community@lists.openmoko.org > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > >
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