Stroller wrote: > > On 13 Oct 2007, at 00:09, Derek Pressnall wrote: > >> I have an idea for a simple alarm application. The idea is that if >> you leave your phone sitting at your desk plugged in charging, then >> you can activate an app that will play an alrarm sound as soon as the >> devices is unplugged (with a popup keypad to enter a disarm code). >> >> A variant would use the gps to determine if the phone has moved more >> than a few feet from where you left it. > > I can think of lots of other ways to implement anti-theft measures in > this phone. > > IMO if I'm too far away from the phone to notice someone nicking it then > I'm unlikely to hear it making an alarm sound. > > I would have it instead check http://mywebsite.com/theft.txt and if it > doesn't get a 404 (i.e. you only put the file there when the phone has > been stolen) then have it email you its GPS position. [...]
You may want to do the opposite. Your phone may think it's being stolen if you happen to get on something like a wireless connection with NoCatSplash. (Which hijacks the first attempt to grab a web page in order to show you a welcome page.) I'd be tempted to have PGP signed stolen/not stolen pages to alleviate any ambiguity. Failure to retrieve either would just be ignored. -Steve _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community