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William Moates · 11-30-2006, 05:17 AM

Great idea, sonybuff!

I'd expand upon the idea, by adding a LoJack feature: if the Reader has been reported stolen to Sony, then when it logs into Connect, the Reader contacts the authorities, reporting the IP address of the host computer.
If the host computer is dialing the Internet via modem, it reports the phone number from which the computer is calling.

I'm not an engineer (IANAE), but since it runs its own OS--Linux--I'd think this is possible now, or with a firmware upgrade. I think you could do something similar with PDAs, iPods, game consoles, and other gadgets which both connect to the Internet and run their own OS.

11-30-2006, 05:17 AM	#144
William Moates Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 35 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC Device: Sony Librie / Sony Clie / Sony Reader	Great idea, sonybuff! I'd expand upon the idea, by adding a LoJack feature: if the Reader has been reported stolen to Sony, then when it logs into Connect, the Reader contacts the authorities, reporting the IP address of the host computer. If the host computer is dialing the Internet via modem, it reports the phone number from which the computer is calling. I'm not an engineer (IANAE), but since it runs its own OS--Linux--I'd think this is possible now, or with a firmware upgrade. I think you could do something similar with PDAs, iPods, game consoles, and other gadgets which both connect to the Internet and run their own OS. Last edited by William Moates; 11-30-2006 at 05:53 AM.