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tlarkin 02-10-2009 10:28 AM
You know it wouldn't be all that hard to create a launchd item that runs once a day and emails a certain account with current network information. Not sure how effective it would be in tracking down said thief but you could maybe give those IPs to the police, or if you have like remote desktop or VNC enabled you can try to get access that way since you know the IPs. At that point though a web based remote desktop would be best, like logmein.com or something to that effect.

Anti 02-11-2009 01:49 AM
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Originally Posted by ThreeBKK (Post 518281)
This thread is good food for thought.

I was approached by a client two weeks ago to assist with installing Leopard onto a MacBook. He claimed that it was a gift from a friend, but he didn't have any passwords, discs, etc. I strongly suspected that it was stolen, but I had no way to verify.

Is there a central database that's being widely used for posting serial numbers of stolen Macs/PCs?
How much hassle would it be to ask the police in his city (somewhere in England) for reported serial numbers of stolen Macs?
AFAIK, O'Grady's PowerPage used to be an excellent database of serial numbers back a long time ago; not sure now.

ThreeBKK 02-11-2009 02:28 AM
A quick search on Google turned up several databases, and that seems to be the problem. All of this information is fragmented and scattered around the internet. A database is only as good as the amount of information it holds, so it looks like a concerned buyer would have to search multiple locations, and that would only be fruitful if the original owner thought to post the serial number in the first place.

The PowerMax database looks like it has the most potential.

ThreeBKK 02-11-2009 02:40 AM
GavinBKK: What did you end up doing with your MacBook's serial number?


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