Can any device be tracked if connected through wifi?
The wifi connected devices could be tracked within the wifi infrastructure which is providing the service. This tracking require specific logging and specific configurations, which are rarely in place. Urban wifi infrastructures in high density areas can surely integrate 3G/4G/Wifi features to track devices.The wifi capable device could be tracked by mean of potentially reachable nearby wifi infrastructures, independently from their supplier. This is what google, apple and microsoft are doing when you allow location services to benefit from wifi, even if you do not connect. (the available wifi networks, together with the signal level, are used to identify the position).
Can a Computer Theif make my stolen computer un-traceable?
Hello, I am a college student, My computer tower was stolen, it is an acer brand tower. I was wondering if the thief who stole it can make it so the authorities are unable to track it. I herd people can track computers by IP addresses, as well as the operating system product key. Are there any ways that the thief could change my stolen computers IP address? How is changing an IP possible? Also, If the thief attempts to do a system restore, format the hard drive, or factory restore, will the operating system product key be un trackable? How could these things happen? Also if there are any other ways i can track my pc please let me know asap.
How can you locate a device connected in a wifi hotspot?
This question NEEDS to be EDITED by the Author. :— /Otherwise, the answer I give may come off as facetious/sarcastic. :— /I promise it is not, and I'll explain it…This depends on who “you” is.If you're referring to ME, I can't do this MYSELF/PERSONALLY.If “you” means “anybody”, they could benefit from the way that I would have to do it.If you actually mean “you” ;— )Well then… This will depend on a few things which may require a great vetting of yourself, as well as a backround check of your complete criminal past, expressed written intent and a possible warning to the “target” if/before this can be done.This is what “I” need to do, why I need to and why it is the only & legal way.First, look for, find, get because you're going to need the IP address of your targeted device device. (of course).Now, you'll need to find the Hotspot connection Hosting the target device. (Social Engineer).Then “you”, can locate Free WiFi Hotspots using Apps or Websites which offer “Hotspot Maps”.With a list of all possible Hotspots the target device is on, and with the IP of the target device confirmed, now “you” may be able to get the IP Addresses Hosted on the Hotspots from the “Host of the Hotspot”.Knowing the IP of the Hotspot, you have access to the Admin.If they are reputable & not shady, they will do what exactly what “you” need to.For .::EXAMPLE ONLY::. ie.With the IP of the HOTSPOTS HOST, you can find their CARRIER.I'll use the company: “Verizon”.Only if/after giving satisfying answers to their extreme vetting, the Administrator of the above listed carrier, can “Chirp” it. https://www.verizonwireless.com/...I hope this helps!:- )Billbkripto NKripTOR nkRIPtor
How do you track down a lost USB flash drive?
There's nothing you can do to find it using software after the fact. The best that you can do is password-protect it in the future (expensive ones have a fingerprint reader) and put an autorun message on it telling the finder where to contact you. GPS is too prohibitively expensive to be found on most Flash drives.
Is using my laptop at public WIFI spots risky?
Here's my procedures when I'm at a public wifi hotspot, i.e. Starbucks. 1. Protect your privacy Use antivirus, antispyware, firewall, intrusion detection software. I use Norton AntiVirus 11 on my Mac. 2. Don't leave things laying around If you go to the bathroom, don't leave external hard drives, thumb drives, or your computer laying around. People will steal it. Just using an administrative password isn't enough to keep them out of your personal data. That can be cracked as easy as inserting a CD into your disc drive with Ophcrack. Gather up your belongings, put them in your bag/laptop case, and take it with you. 3. Encrypt your data Encrypt your internal, external, thumb drives. People out there want to steal your financial information. You can use a free application that does it for you called TrueCrypt. 4. Backup your data Everything on my computer is saved on my external hard drive, everything on my external hard drive is on my computer. If my computer crashes, I still have everything on my external hard drive. If my hard drive gets chewed up by my dog, I still have it on my computer. Personal experience: There are people out there who sit in wifi hotspots to hack other peoples' computers. I was sitting at a Starbucks one time and Norton's intrusion detection alerted me that it blocked an attempt to remotely access my computer.
Can a stolen router be traced from its MAC address?
I'm assuming this is a WiFi Router and you know the MAC address. The real world answer is - forget about the router and move on. The geeky way to do this which would take someone skilled to implement this is - 1) Drive around with a wireless sniffer installed on a laptop near the house of any one you suspect has stolen the Router. You'd be able to capture logs of all Wifi transactions. You can search through these logs to see if the MAC address shows up in any of the logs.2) Do a look up on services like Skyhook and Google which let you detect your location given a list of MAC IDs you see around you. You may have to search for some code to do this or write your own code. The other issue with this is that these companies get this data by driving a car around to collect data just like I suggest you do in point 1. This is obviously happening infrequently and it might be months before the new location shows up on these services.
Can the police track you if you use the internet on your smart phone (not wifi)?
Cellphones are very easy to track and you could be located within a very small area. This is done using the phones signal strength against nearby masts and triangulating the position. The more masts you have nearby, the more accurate your position can be determined. (I used to work for a mobile network operator and a friend used to do this when he wanted to surprise his girlfriend). This can be done whether you are making a call or not as your phone is in constant communication with the network when it's on. As for when the phone is off, it will depend whether it actually is off or if it's just in a 'sleep' mode. For data, e.g. Browsing the internet, Apps the charge data records will, at the very least, show which mast/switch was used where the call made and also the SIM no. (From the SIM Card), IMEI no. (Equipment ID), callers MSISDN (telephone number), access point used. They can also hold a lot more information which, if you're interested, you can look up under the 3GGP Charge Data Record Specification here 3GPP specification: 32.297.And that's just for the network traffic. You can expect the same data about websites etc. to be logged as any normal ISP would do.Records normally have to be kept for a statutory period depending on the country the network is in. In the UK it must be kept for 1 year and up to 2 years. Practice used to be that the records were kept on the live system for a set period e.g. until billing occurs and then archived to keep the requirements for data storage down although this may have changed (I've been out of the telecomms sector for about 12~ years now).As far as I am aware, in the UK at least, Telecomms providers are pretty forthcoming in serving police information requests without any formal paperwork. Monitoring and collection of data under the guise of national security is covered by the RIPA legislation and can go on without prior knowledge of the network operator.
Can a stolen laptop be tracked? If yes, then how?
Yes, There are some way that you can track your stolen laptop.It is pretty easy to locate if you already have any anti-theft software installedotherwiseOutlook,Facebook, Gmail, Dropbox etc. are some websites you can get the location of your stolen laptop. (if you already logged into your any of these accounts on that device). [Location is limited to “City” & “IP Address” only.]If thief is curious enough to know about you then he would definitely try to get info from any of these websites.Once you managed to get the IP address, go to the Police and they will have access to the exact Address and Location from the ISP (Internet Service Provider)Below mentioned are some of the methods, Try these1:- Outlook (Windows mail ID, any of them)Login to your outlook/live/Hotmail accountOn the very right top corner, click on your account picture, from the drop down list click on the “View Account > DevicesIt will show the all connected devices.Click on Find My Device (It would give you the exact location on Map)2:- FacebookTo get a list of your Facebook account’s sessions:go to Settings > Security > “Where You’re Logged In” (or you can click this link directly).You will see all the different devices and apps that last accessed your account. If you hover your curser over the city name, you can see the IP address.3:-GMAILGmail keeps track of all the different IP addresses used to access your mails either through the any application or web browser.Go to your Gmail inbox scroll down and click on “Details” under “Last account activity” in the bottom right corner.A new window should pop up, displaying the last ten recorded sessions with the used IP addresses.4:- DropBoxLog into your account on the Dropbox websiteGo to Settings > security tabNow you should see a list of the devices that accessed your Dropbox account in the past.I hope any of these will help you.
How to track a stolen laptop without tracking software?
Visually?Unless the perfect storm of circumstances coincide to all happen at once, there isn’t a way to do it. I shall endeavor to explain.Currently, there aren’t all that many services that could be running on your machine that would notify anyone of where it is. Now… it is possible to have Facebook already set up so that it posts where you are whenever you post something… so that IF your laptop didn’t use a password to log in, and IF your browser logged you into Facebook automatically and IF the person who stole your laptop posted on your Facebook account… then yes, you could track where it was.Otherwise… no. There’s nothing on your laptop saying “Here I am! Find Me!”. That’s what the tracking software does. Otherwise, the laptop doesn’t care who uses it. There’s no software or system that it comes with set to be on by default that automatically knows who you are and how it can be located without being set up.Think about that for a long moment. A real long moment. You are asking if there is a system that ANYONE could use right now, to track you and where you use your laptop and what you do. You are asking specifically for a system that ANYONE could just step into, because you don’t want to have to have set it up beforehand. That means no account or password to protect the tracking, no registration with the company who makes the laptop… nothing. No work ahead of time in case it needed to be tracked. In order for something that open to exist, anyone could access it. Do you really WANT such a system to exist?If you registered the laptop with the manufacturer… like Toshiba… and you had used the BIOS password so that the laptop would have to be shipped back to Toshiba to clear that password… then Toshiba would call you and say “Hey, you registered this laptop, and someone wants the password changed, and their address doesn’t match the one on file. Did you move?” I’ve been part of that process twice now. It feels good. However, it required prep ahead of time… both in registering the laptop, and using the security to stifle and/or defeat the purpose of the theft. At least make the thing a brick, right?So no. In reality, if you haven’t set up a laptop to be tracked, there’s no way to track it if it is stolen… unless you can spot it visually….. then you can track it that way.