Mac OS X 10.6 comes with CoreLocatation. Which is implemented as a command line program in CoreLocationCLI.
So… just
wget --spider "https://example.com/ping/devicename?$(~/Applications/CoreLocationCLI -once)" 2> /dev/null
in your crontab.
And put one of these on your server:
<?php
# URL like https://example.com/ping/devicename
$file = preg_replace('/[^a-z]/', '', $_SERVER['PATH_INFO']);
$info = preg_replace('/#<>/', '', urldecode($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']));
file_put_contents("cache/ping_$file", $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']."\n$info\n");
RESULT: Computer phones home every few minutes to report it’s physical location.
Actually this came in handy. When I was kidnapped one day in Manila this helped with tracking. Randomly. They should have not opened my computer!
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Do this on your iPhone too with information at https://www.tralfamadore.com/2008/08/location-tracking-using-relocatable.html
William Entriken
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