- Friday, January 25th, 2008
- Written By Ron DeHaas
- Categories: Accountability Software, From the Desk of Ron Back to Blog Home
Theft recovery, a little-known feature
This is a pretty cool story. There is a little-known feature of the Covenant Eyes program – the program can, in many cases, be used to track stolen computers. Here’s one of our member’s own words (we have enabled the recovery of quite a few stolen computers in the past).
“My laptop got stolen on 7th January by the conductor after I left it on the train! I called the train company while the train was in transit but of course it didn’t show up when the train was searched at its final destination.
“Thanks to CE and the people in tech support I was able to track the laptop the first time the thief used it online after he stole it – in a train employees’ rest hotel in South Carolina. I also followed the footsteps of the thief online and was actually able to get a picture of his face from a social networking website. I also got his IP address from CE for what was probably his home.
“Armed with this evidence the Police were easily able ID the guy from his employee file. They went to look for him where his employers had accommodated him in a hotel in DC – they made it clear that he didnt have much choice but to give up the laptop. He told them where it was and the officer drove down in person to Richmond Virginia to collect it from the
suspect’s home.
“I am now working on it as I write, and I got back almost all of my files and data and even some really important written notes that were in the laptop case.
“There is no way I could have got my laptop back without the assistance and understanding of the people at CE – thanks so much! At a difficult time, you were one source of reliable, understanding contact whenever I needed to get
updates from you of the IP address.”
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Hey Ron!
My laptop recently got stolen as well and it has Covenant Eyes on it. Whoever stole it has been looking at plenty of porn since, so there is definitely a trail associated with my account.
What steps can I follow to track this down? Your help would be GREATLY appreciated, as soon as possible too!
Thanks!
@Weston – We’ve done a general search in our database here and we believe we can use the IP addresses from the recent activity. We could provide that to the police to track it down. I’ll shoot you an e-mail with the details.
My Dad’s house was broken into today. Thousands of dollars of stuff taken. The laptops all had CE on them. Just thought of the CE IP log tonight. I’m thrilled at the possibility of tracking down the stolen property. The Laptops have thousands “only-copy” family photos. Really hoping to get them back asap. Please send info on how to find them! Thanks.
Grace,
Clint
@Clint – I’ve passed your comment along to our customer service folks and they will give you any info you need to help the police. Thanks for letting us know. I hope we can give them information they need to track down your stolen stuff!