Gadget Theft, a free online service, was of late released to help users recover their pilfered gadgets. Dugg to the ground, the Web site is claimed to endow users with a small ’spyware’ application that can be installed onto the memory of a USB thumb drive, MP3 player or digital camera.
The software is also touted to be capable enough of recording and sending IP data to the user if it finds that the device is said to have been pilfered. The software makes use of a nimble bit of social engineering by showing off a pop-up window directing to deploy a USB driver while connected to a PC. Apart from that the ’spyware’ software is only compatible with Windows-enabled PCs, thus Mac thieves still will flee.
Gadget Theft is not going to help in spotting the device, and it depends upon the user to win over law enforcement to make use of the data to detect the item, however at least it’s a start. Sadly, the ’spyware’ app only works with Windows-based computers, so Mac thieves still will get away.
