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Re: how?

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On 06/03/11 15:13, RichD so wittily quipped:
> There was a recent news item, an Apple Mac was
> stolen.  He had anti-theft software installed, which
> snapped pictures at regular intervals through the webcam.
>
> Then it said he activated the program remotely,
> to send him the pictures, and the thief was eventually
> caught.
>
> My question is, how the heck did he accomplish this
> 'remote control'?  Like,  he sent a virus to the machine,
> or what?

one method might be vnc.  Other methods might be commercial (a couple of 
applications come to mind, advertised on the radio and TV).  If your 
computer is set up to 'phone home' whenever it's connected to the 
internet, this would be even easier, since you would instantly know when 
it's online, and what the IP address is.  Apple's shell and utility 
environment is based on FreeBSD 5.x and is basically the same as linux 
or newer releases of BSD or UNIX.  As such, you could easily set up an 
ssh daemon or PPPoE or some other virtual networking method that would 
give you access whenever it's online.  Once you have access to the 
machine, if you're a computer-savvy hacker type it should be a 
no-brainer to make it take photos, report its location via GPS (assuming 
you have hardware for this), and so on.

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how? RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-03 15:13 -0700
  Re: how? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-06-03 15:15 -0700
    Re: how? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2011-06-03 23:21 -0400
      Re: how? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2011-06-03 21:58 -0700
        Re: how? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2011-06-04 09:57 -0400
          Re: how? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2011-06-04 07:44 -0700
            Re: how? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2011-06-04 11:32 -0400
              Re: how? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2011-06-04 09:10 -0700
                Re: how? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2011-06-04 12:21 -0400
            Re: how? Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2011-06-15 15:57 -0400
        Re: how? RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-05 20:40 -0700
          Re: how? Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2011-06-05 22:45 -0500
          Re: how? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2011-06-06 07:43 -0400
          Re: how? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2011-06-06 08:31 -0500
      Re: how? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-04 09:30 -0500
      Re: how? dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2011-06-04 19:38 +0100
        Re: how? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2011-06-04 14:44 -0400
          Re: how? dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2011-06-05 12:05 +0100
            Re: how? Tim Streater <timstreater@waitrose.com> - 2011-06-05 15:48 +0100
              Re: how? dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2011-06-05 21:56 +0100
            Re: how? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2011-06-05 10:55 -0400
      Re: how? Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> - 2011-06-10 19:44 +0100
        Re: how? Abu Yahya <abu_yahya@invalid.com> - 2011-06-12 00:00 +0530
  Re: how? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-03 18:30 -0500
  Re: how? "robin" <robin51@dodo.mapson.com.au> - 2011-06-04 09:32 +1000
    Re: how? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-03 18:45 -0500
  Re: how? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2011-06-03 16:42 -0700
    Re: how? George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-03 18:50 -0500
  Re: how? Big Bad Bob <BigBadBob-at-mrp3-dot-com@testing.local> - 2011-06-03 16:57 -0700
  Re: how? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2011-06-03 17:01 -0700
    Re: how? Big Bad Bob <BigBadBob-at-mrp3-dot-com@testing.local> - 2011-06-03 17:08 -0700
  Re: how? Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@remove.Smith-Harris.us> - 2011-06-03 20:23 -0400
    Re: how? Tevvin <Tevvin@walksincircles.com> - 2011-06-05 11:44 -0500
      Re: how? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2011-06-05 18:44 -0400
  Re: how? Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody@goldmark.org> - 2011-06-03 22:28 -0500
  Re: how? dividebyzer0 <dividebyzer0@gmail.com> - 2011-06-05 00:16 +0000
    Re: how? Gandalf  Parker <gandalf@the.dead.ISP.of.Community.net> - 2011-06-05 12:51 +0000
      Re: how? Big Bad Bob <BigBadBob-at-mrp3-dot-com@testing.local> - 2011-06-05 15:39 -0700
  Re: how? RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-05 20:33 -0700
    Re: how? Big Bad Bob <BigBadBob-at-mrp3-dot-com@testing.local> - 2011-06-06 13:40 -0700
      Re: how? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2011-06-06 15:55 -0700
        Re: how? Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 16:14 -0700
          Re: how? Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2011-06-06 23:52 -0400
          Re: how? Big Bad Bob <BigBadBob-at-mrp3-dot-com@testing.local> - 2011-06-07 12:05 -0700
        Re: how? Big Bad Bob <BigBadBob-at-mrp3-dot-com@testing.local> - 2011-06-07 12:04 -0700
          Re: how? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2011-06-07 13:17 -0700
            Re: how? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2011-06-07 16:36 -0400
              Re: how? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2011-06-07 17:46 -0700
            Re: how? Big Bad Bob <BigBadBob-at-mrp3-dot-com@testing.local> - 2011-06-07 14:02 -0700
              Re: how? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2011-06-07 17:44 -0700
                Re: how? your.name@isp.com (Your Name) - 2011-06-08 18:31 +1200
            Re: how? Paul Debrowski <pdebrowski@shitiou.org> - 2011-06-07 21:18 -0400
              Re: how? Big Bad Bob <BigBadBob-at-mrp3-dot-com@testing.local> - 2011-06-11 12:56 -0700
                Re: how? your.name@isp.com (Your Name) - 2011-06-12 09:30 +1200
                Re: how? Howard Brazee <howard@brazee.net> - 2011-06-11 18:44 -0600
  Re: how? AD <isquat@gmail.com> - 2011-06-27 06:38 -0700

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