Adeona - System for tracking lost or stolen laptops in Ubuntu

Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service. This means that you can install Adeona on your laptop and go — there's no need to rely on a single third party. What's more, Adeona addresses a critical privacy goal different from existing commercial offerings. It is privacy-preserving. This means that no one besides the owner (or an agent of the owner's choosing) can use Adeona to track a laptop. Unlike other systems, users of Adeona can rest assured that no one can abuse the system in order to track where they use their laptop.


Installation Procedure

Step 1: Install the packages that Adeona needs

sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev openssl traceroute cron

Step 2: Download the latest version of Adeona to your home folder

Step 3: Unzip/Untar the tar file

tar -xvf adeona-0.2.1.tar.gz

Step 4: Move to adeona directory

cd adeona/

Step 5: Run the configuration and compile

./configure

make

Step 6: Install Adeona

sudo make install

Step 7: During the install it asks you to add a line to your cron/crontab... Make sure you copy this line, then open cron/crontab

sudo crontab -e

and then paste this line as a new line at the end of your cron/crontab file and then save it.