Joshua Kaufman's Mac recovered with 'Hidden' app clues (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

California police recovered a stolen laptop after a software programme sent its owner the suspect's location and photograph taken on the Mac's camera.

Joshua Kaufman, an Oakland interaction designer, reported the theft in March.

But police only acted on Tuesday after Mr Kaufman's blog on the theft attracted news media attention.
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The software, called Hidden, supplies to the owner the computer's location, photographs taken on the Mac's internal camera and shots of the Mac's screen display.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13624265
http://hiddenapp.com/ (NOT an endorsement)

[alfredo]

1. I've heard of that happening before. Back to my Mac

is another bit of Mac software that can do the same thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_My_Mac

Back to My Mac can be used to edit and transfer files from one Mac to another. In one instance an Apple Store employee used this technology to capture the image of a person who stole her MacBook using the built in iSight webcam.

[tridim]

2. Neat idea, but I worry about built-in cameras in closed-source devices.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Funny, cool app, candid snaps of the theif.

oops





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