growl

An AppleScript/Bash combination to annoy theifs

Submitted by JacobBraun on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 23:15

So here's a combination shell script/launch daemon/AppleScript that, if computer is stolen, puts a sticky growl notification on the screen (every two seconds...repeatedly...filling the entire screen eventually) with your name and phone number, offering a cash reward if computer is stolen.

First here's the AppleScript, which I have saved under /etc/.stolen/StolenGrowlNotifier.scpt:

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growlit.sh

Submitted by JacobBraun on Wed, 09/30/2009 - 01:36

#!/bin/bash

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

growlit=`grep true /etc/growlit`

## If $growlit is found to be true, then all hell breaks lose.

while [ $growlit == "true" ]; do

        COUNTER=0

        while [ $COUNTER -lt 10 ]; do

                osascript /etc/.stolen/StolenGrowlNotifier.scpt

                sleep 2

                let COUNTER=COUNTER+1

        done

        growlit=`grep true /etc/growlit`

done

exit 0

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StolenGrowlNotifier.scpt

Submitted by JacobBraun on Wed, 09/30/2009 - 01:23

tell application "GrowlHelperApp"

        set the allNotificationsList to ¬

                {"Stolen"}

        set the enabledNotificationsList to ¬

                {"Stolen"}

        register as application ¬

                "Stolen Mac" all notifications allNotificationsList ¬

                default notifications enabledNotificationsList ¬

        notify with name ¬

                "Stolen" title ¬

                "This computer has been stolen." description ¬

                "Please call *phonenumber* for no questions asked cash reward." application name ¬

                "Stolen Mac" icon of file "file:///etc/.stolen/apple-lock-icon.icns" priority 2 with sticky

end tell