+1 Alex, there needs to be more effort in getting behind the router, i have read of people who have recovered their Mac's but after almost a year  and rigorous tracking, the thing is the authorities must be involved in the process. Which i believe n Kenya would need quite some training and equipment as well.

I lost my good laptop sometimes last year and up until now, i have never recovered it.

The telcos could also help especially identifying the perpetrators once they are plugged through dongles or the phones.

Thanks,
Gideon Rop

DotConnectAfrica

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   1. Re: Q: How are Kenyan telcos helping the police recover
      stolen laptops? (Barrack Otieno)
   2. Re: Q: How are Kenyan telcos helping the police recover
      stolen laptops? (Alex Comninos)


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Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:19:35 +0300
From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com>
To: Evans Ikua <ikua.evans@gmail.com>
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Q: How are Kenyan telcos helping the police
        recover stolen laptops?
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@ Evans the cost implication might be astronomical no? interesting ideas
though.

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans@gmail.com> wrote:

> I know of software solutions that can help track your lost laptop. The
> software resides in the bios, so uninstalling the OS won't help. This only
> works once the laptop is plugged into the Internet. From this point, you
> need the cooperation of the Telco/ISP and the police to track the laptop
> using the IPs. I have never tried it though.
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Michael Bullut <main@kipsang.com> wrote:
>
>> *@Alex* + 1
>>
>>
>> On 17 October 2012 14:32, Alex Comninos <alex.comninos@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It can be quite easy to track USB modems (dongles) through the IEMI
>>> number, like in a cellphone. It is easy to block IEMI numbers and
>>> punish the criminal by rendering the device useless. Whether
>>> geolocating the devices through triangulation of GSM reception is
>>> possible depends on whether this type of tracking is allowed by
>>> legislation. This would probably need a warrant to prevent abuse.
>>>
>>> Detecting a laptop is however virtually impossible. Laptops transmit
>>> two MAC adresses over networks (the wired and wireless connection)
>>> that can identify them. However the MAC address can only be detected
>>> by LANs or wireless networks. Once the device is in a local network
>>> (LAN) it is behind a router, which has its own MAC address, rendering
>>> the MAC adress of the laptop undetectable. Thus the telcos can only
>>> track USB modems and phones, but not laptops. There are simply no
>>> technological methods available to have telcos cooperate in finding
>>> laptops.
>>>
>>> I would suggest if one is afraid of losing a laptop:
>>> 1- one insures it
>>> 2- one encrypts the harddrive (Windows can do this now) as to not have
>>> sensitive data stolen
>>> 3- one backs up their data regularly, either to a harddrive, or online
>>> to the cloud.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 17 October 2012 12:39, Nancy Macharia <n_macharia@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> > Muraya,
>>> > This is a serious concern as we kenyans  save their hard earned income
>>> to purchase laptops.
>>> >
>>> > The amount of agony and disorientation one experiences upon losing not
>>> just the hardware resource but more importantly the information is enormous.
>>> >
>>> > I was a victim of this heinous act and telcos did not appear to be of
>>> help.
>>> >
>>> > I would be delighted to offer ideas towards realising a solution for
>>> this menace.
>>> >
>>> > Nancy
>>> > Tel: +254727746156Sent from my BlackBerry
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: "S.M. Muraya" <murigi.muraya@gmail.com>
>>> > Sender: "kictanet"
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>>> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>> > Subject: [kictanet] Q: How are Kenyan telcos helping the police recover
>>> >         stolen laptops?
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Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:19:18 +0200
From: Alex Comninos <alex.comninos@gmail.com>
To: Evans Ikua <ikua.evans@gmail.com>
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Q: How are Kenyan telcos helping the police
        recover stolen laptops?
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For Android devices http://www.avgmobilation.com/ and
https://www.wavesecure.com/ are good solutions.



On 17 October 2012 14:51, Evans Ikua <ikua.evans@gmail.com> wrote:
> I know of software solutions that can help track your lost laptop. The
> software resides in the bios, so uninstalling the OS won't help. This only
> works once the laptop is plugged into the Internet. From this point, you
> need the cooperation of the Telco/ISP and the police to track the laptop
> using the IPs. I have never tried it though.
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Michael Bullut <main@kipsang.com> wrote:
>>
>> @Alex + 1
>>
>>
>> On 17 October 2012 14:32, Alex Comninos <alex.comninos@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> It can be quite easy to track USB modems (dongles) through the IEMI
>>> number, like in a cellphone. It is easy to block IEMI numbers and
>>> punish the criminal by rendering the device useless. Whether
>>> geolocating the devices through triangulation of GSM reception is
>>> possible depends on whether this type of tracking is allowed by
>>> legislation. This would probably need a warrant to prevent abuse.
>>>
>>> Detecting a laptop is however virtually impossible. Laptops transmit
>>> two MAC adresses over networks (the wired and wireless connection)
>>> that can identify them. However the MAC address can only be detected
>>> by LANs or wireless networks. Once the device is in a local network
>>> (LAN) it is behind a router, which has its own MAC address, rendering
>>> the MAC adress of the laptop undetectable. Thus the telcos can only
>>> track USB modems and phones, but not laptops. There are simply no
>>> technological methods available to have telcos cooperate in finding
>>> laptops.
>>>
>>> I would suggest if one is afraid of losing a laptop:
>>> 1- one insures it
>>> 2- one encrypts the harddrive (Windows can do this now) as to not have
>>> sensitive data stolen
>>> 3- one backs up their data regularly, either to a harddrive, or online
>>> to the cloud.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 17 October 2012 12:39, Nancy Macharia <n_macharia@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> > Muraya,
>>> > This is a serious concern as we kenyans  save their hard earned income
>>> > to purchase laptops.
>>> >
>>> > The amount of agony and disorientation one experiences upon losing not
>>> > just the hardware resource but more importantly the information is enormous.
>>> >
>>> > I was a victim of this heinous act and telcos did not appear to be of
>>> > help.
>>> >
>>> > I would be delighted to offer ideas towards realising a solution for
>>> > this menace.
>>> >
>>> > Nancy
>>> > Tel: +254727746156Sent from my BlackBerry
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: "S.M. Muraya" <murigi.muraya@gmail.com>
>>> > Sender: "kictanet"
>>> >  <kictanet-bounces+n_macharia=yahoo.co.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>> > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:31:04
>>> > To: <n_macharia@yahoo.co.uk>
>>> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>> > Subject: [kictanet] Q: How are Kenyan telcos helping the police recover
>>> >         stolen laptops?
>>> >
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