OT? program idea: Operation Homing Pidgeon

[Rob Sutherland]

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:18:11 -0400
David J Patrick <davidjpatrick-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Rob Sutherland wrote:
> 
> >Hmmm...long, long ago,there was a Toronto Area BBS called, IIRC, the Anarchy 
> >Zone that would ask for all kinds of info, credit card numbers, favourite sex
> >position etc and then announce that all this had been stored and transmitted 
> >to the Dark Side, you foolish lamer, you <evil laugh>.
> >
> That's not it at all, Rob, I'm talking about a simple scenario that 
> would keep your data safe and help get your stolen computer back. Not 
> some sleazy scheme to embarrass perverts ..

Of course - it just struck a chord as far as the techniaue of deception went. 

It is a good idea, it kind of reminds me of a thing called LoJack that was around a few 
years ago - basically, I think, they would put a radio transmitter in your car, concealed 
somewhere and if the car was stolen it was activated - I can't remember if it was a time delay or 
what the mechanism was, but I remember hearing they found a whole ship full of stolen cars
in Miami because one of them was equipped with it. 

Rob 

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