[LINK] Remote laptop detection

[Ivan Trundle]

On 23/08/2006, at 3:34 PM, Craig Sanders wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 02:33:59PM +1000, Ivan Trundle wrote:
> <snip>
> lots of laptops have wireless LAN interfaces built in these days. that
> would be easy to detect.

Easy? - Maybe when the laptop was running, but if the laptop was in  
'sleep' mode? (I know about 'wake on LAN activity' etc, although have  
not been able to wake a sleeping Mac laptop when the lid is closed,  
regardless of this option).

Same applies for bluetooth. I'm not aware that a bluetooth signal is  
broadcast when in sleep mode.

However, do Windows laptops broadcast wifi and bluetooth details even  
when asleep/lid closed?

I confess a professional interest here - I often cart around a large  
number of (Mac) laptops from workplace to workplace, and need to  
consider the implications of this possible security problem. However,  
I don't leave a bundle of them lying on the front seat, and nor do I  
broadcast that I have anything valuable when I park by publicly  
moving large bundles of objects into the (theoretically more secure  
and hidden) boot.

iT

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