Nokia N810 Stolled
I have my Nokia Tablet N810 stolled from my apartment a few days ago. I would like to know if it is possible to track it if it is logged on (I have created a password for turn on it, but the password is not too much strong, so I am taking with the hypopthesis that some is capable to turn on it) using his GPS feature inside it. I backupped his MAC address. another possibilitie was that Nokia could block it so that itnot work anymore. The problem is that I stored in the memory card of 2Gb a text file that I recorded in it some personal documents that I was not being able to keep in mind. If some one can help me with any idea, I will be very thanked for ever. I beg your perdon for my poor English since I am a Brasilian Guy and my native language is Brasilian Portuguese. Thanks in advance. Antonio Carlos. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Nokia N810 Stolled
Am Dienstag, den 11.01.2011, 09:29 -0200 schrieb nogueira13: I have my Nokia Tablet N810 stolled from my apartment a few days ago. I would like to know if it is possible to track it if it is logged on (I have created a password for turn on it, but the password is not too much strong, so I am taking with the hypopthesis that some is capable to turn on it) using his GPS feature inside it. I backupped his MAC address. another possibilitie was that Nokia could block it so that itnot work anymore. Sounds like asking your TV producer to block your stolen TV. ;-) What exactly should a hardware producer block here? andre -- Andre Klapper (maemo.org bugmaster) ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Nokia N810 Stolled
A GSM equipped device can be tracked down. The N810 doesn't have a GSM unit AFAIK. The only way you could identify it is when it logs on to a wifi network with the MAC you noted. But that wifi can be anywhere and there's literally no way to monitor if a device with a certain MAC address is logged on to some random access point on some private network. So I don't see any way to track it down. What could have been done in advance would be installing some kind of cronjob or demon that would try to call home (ie publish information about its location/state on a server you grant it access to). Make sure to change all your passwords that might have been stored on the device. And if you have *really* sensitive information stored on it, you did something wrong anyways. Try making it less relevant... But usually the first thing that happens with stolen mobiles is they get flashed, for resell. -- Philipp Haselwarter ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Nokia N810 Stolled
I think there is something to do with IMEI no. comprises of 15 digits to trace or may be related to the hardware (motherboard of the device) if the data is very sensitive it should be reported to Police i believe Police tracks using IMEI no. but i am not fully aware it might be or may not just a guess hope this will workout. Please check this out for more details http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/IMEI Thanks Khalid -- Sent from my Nokia N900 using Nokia Messaging - Original message - A GSM equipped device can be tracked down. The N810 doesn't have a GSM unit AFAIK. The only way you could identify it is when it logs on to a wifi network with the MAC you noted. But that wifi can be anywhere and there's literally no way to monitor if a device with a certain MAC address is logged on to some random access point on some private network. So I don't see any way to track it down. What could have been done in advance would be installing some kind of cronjob or demon that would try to call home (ie publish information about its location/state on a server you grant it access to). Make sure to change all your passwords that might have been stored on the device. And if you have *really* sensitive information stored on it, you did something wrong anyways. Try making it less relevant... But usually the first thing that happens with stolen mobiles is they get flashed, for resell. -- Philipp Haselwarter ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Nokia N810 Stolled
Well you'll have a hard time tracking a device that only knows wifi. You couldn't track a stone just because you engrave an IMEI on it. -- Philipp Haselwarter ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
Re: Nokia N810 Stolled
On Tuesday 11 January 2011 18:32:01 khalid.re...@gmail.com wrote: I think there is something to do with IMEI no. comprises of 15 digits to trace or may be related to the hardware (motherboard of the device) if the data is very sensitive it should be reported to Police i believe Police tracks using IMEI no. but i am not fully aware it might be or may not just a guess hope this will workout. Please check this out for more details http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/IMEI IMEI blocking is only relevant for mobile phones -- the N810 is not a phone and doesn't have an IMEI. By the way, IMEI blocking only works in some countries. There is a reasonable description of it at http://www.solidblogger.com/block-lost-mobile-imei-no/ (although that is for India, but it works the same way anywhere it is implemented). But bear in mind that even where IMEI blocking does work, it only stops the phone connecting to the GSM network. It does not stop the thief having full access to all the other functions (including accessing any data on the phone and copying it off using WiFi or Bluetooth). It also does not work (in most cases) outside the country -- so a thief (or a subsequent buyer of the phone) can use it on a network in another country. In this case, your best hope is that when the thief realises it is not actually a mobile phone he throws it away. Graham ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
