computer theft

A simple way to track stolen Macs

Submitted by JacobBraun on Fri, 09/25/2009 - 01:46

So my laptop was stolen on September 23rd (A 2.26GHz 13" MacBook Pro, 4GBs RAM, 500GB 7200rpm HD...my baby) and it had my entire life on it. It was in the process of making a full backup and while I was at work someone broke into my apartment and stole it. It's probably gone forever along with most of my precious photos, documents and other data, and I'm kicking myself for not coming up with some way to track it. So I made a way. Hindsight is 20/20. *sigh*

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isstolen.sh

Submitted by JacobBraun on Wed, 09/30/2009 - 01:33

#!/bin/bash

## Written by Jacob Braun, http://five.jacobbraun.com

file=`grep false /etc/isstolen`

website=http://yoururl/phonehome

sleep 30;

phonehome=`(curl -s $website)`

if [ "$file" == "false" ]; then

        if [ "$phonehome" == "true" ]; then

                rm -rf /etc/isstolen

                /opt/local/bin/wget -P /etc http://yoururl/isstolen

                rm -rf /etc/sayit

                /opt/local/bin/wget -P /etc http://yoururl/sayit

                rm -rf /etc/growlit

                /opt/local/bin/wget -P /etc http://yoururl/growlit

                touch /etc/isstolen

                touch /etc/sayit

                touch /etc/growlit

        fi;

fi;

exit 0