Phoning Home

I'd be steamed if I had a laptop stolen. Recovering stolen property sounds good but the little zTrace widget is probably in the flash or on the hdd - reflash bios, reinstall os. Might want to use a pcmcia nic to get a new mac address, I have seen an enet chip that uses a small eeprom for the mac and can be reprogrammed in circuit, use Linux to avoid the cpuid sneaking out. Now how does it phone home? Best bet is watch it closely or lock it up when you can't. Mike