Undercover - bad news for thieves
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Laptops are often the target of theft, which is understandable - they are compact, light and thus valuable. Some models can cost several thousand dollars. And if the theft can not always be prevented, then return the stolen thing is quite possible. In the case of Apple laptops can help Undercover program, which was recently mentioned by John Gruber on his blog.
Undercover - development of the Belgian company Orbicule. The program, if your laptop is stolen, will start every way to help in finding him. When the thief or the person who has bought the stolen "Poppy" connect to the network, Undercover will start data transfer. It can be IP-address (already good), that will go to the provider and then directly to his client. Another interesting feature - send screenshots to the present owner. These screenshots can be useful if they are zipped e-mail addresses or conversation in the chat. Finally, the third intriguing possibility - using built-in iSight camera. So that the remote can be seen the thief.
If nothing has helped, Undercover will try to make the Mac simply unusable - the program will gradually darken the screen to the point that it would be impossible to work.
What is the working principle of Undercover? After purchasing and installing the program, the user receives a special identifier. When you connect to the Internet, Undercover will start checking to see if the stolen laptop into a list. As soon as the "poppy" pack, you report issued ID developers and they will start tracking. If you are unsuccessful searching, promised to return the money spent on the purchase of the program.