A little help plz

[cable man]

Hi all, A friend has just asked my view on this What do you think??

My friend got a laptop off perfect homes he was moving and the laptop got stolen so he clammed on the insurance but the laptop has been found in all the stuff he moved and is thinking of not saying nowt 2 them or the police about it been found, Can dell or the police trace it 2 him if he goes online ?? as hes had clammed off the insurance....

[Robbo]

I think that he should contact the insurance company explaining what has happened.

[Macabre]

Originally Posted by Robbo

I think that he should contact the insurance company explaining what has happened.

You joking robbo?

[Robbo]

No, because that is what I would do.

[unadkat]

They can't find out. It is impossible for them to track it down. Going on the internet would only display the ip address ( WAN IP ).


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[Robbo]

I don't think that is correct. I belive it is possible to track it down when connected to the internet.

I read something, might have been a video, on you tube, where some guy managed to trace his stolen laptop and get it back.


Though, can't see the insurance company doing it be honest.

[unadkat]

Originally Posted by Robbo

I don't think that is correct. I belive it is possible to track it down when connected to the internet.

I read something, might have been a video, on you tube, where some guy managed to trace his stolen laptop and get it back.


Though, can't see the insurance company doing it be honest.

Alot of laptops get stolen and are never to be found even if you have insurance on them.

The only possible way I can think that it was recovered is via 2 ways

1) He had a GPS tracking software on the laptop.

2) Met Police issue this marker which u mark all electrical items using that pen and it can then be seen under a certain Light which I cant remember the name of it.


Stolen laptops are as good as gone. Which was the same with Mobile phones until network providers decided to get them barred and not to mention now they come with GPS built in. And you can register the phone on the site i.e like Lookout Mobile which is on black berry and HTC Android OS phones.

Other then that I really cant see how the guy managed to track it down.

Also not too mention that stolen laptops tend to get sold on Ebay, that includes Mobile phones as well.


However I am curious to watch that video, so if you could find the link and post it here it would be greatly appreciated mate.

[Macabre]

Originally Posted by Robbo

I don't think that is correct. I belive it is possible to track it down when connected to the internet.

I read something, might have been a video, on you tube, where some guy managed to trace his stolen laptop and get it back.


Though, can't see the insurance company doing it be honest.

He had installed a tracker on laptop mate .

[PerryCox]

I've heard that electronic devices which connect to networks will soon have to have some kind of address, or unique identifier. Perhaps that might be used to locate missing hardware?

In other news

http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2011/08/1...ough-facebook/

In answer to the OP, it's massively unlikely you'll get caught, though it's a little more likely now you've spoke about it on a forum

[PerryCox]

Originally Posted by unadkat

They can't find out. It is impossible for them to track it down. Going on the internet would only display the ip address ( WAN IP ).


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You're quite sure about that? Your knowledge of these matters is good enough for you to offer advice which could potentially land the OP in legal bother? Because you really shouldn't speak with such authority on serious matters if you don't know what you're talking about.

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