[FDE] SETI finally finds something!

Scott S scott at u.washington.edu
Wed Feb 21 16:40:12 MST 2007


There is an article today by AP about a stolen computer that had valuable 
personal information on the harddrive. The interesting part is that because 
laptop had the SETI(at)home client install on it, the law enforcements were 
able to track it down using the IP address that was being reported back to the 
SETI server. This leads to the idea of a hidden agent (much like spyware) that 
companies or individuals can use on their computer to track their location. 
Full article here: 
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TECHBIT_ALIENS_LAPTOP?SITE=FLDAY&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT



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