Just because the person is a thief and a criminal doesn't mean he loses his right to privacy. He could successfully sue the server operator for releasing his private information.

I remember reading Rob's responses on this and I think I understand why Empeg didn't attempt to include anything like this. I also agree that any system you could invent could be defeated.

OTOH, if someone was motivated to roll their own and had some of their own facilities (like a SMTP server with a static IP) I'm not sure what privacy concerns there would be (on the admittedly limited chance that it would work). If a stolen car with Lojack is stashed in a thief's garage, how would that be different?

The concept has always been intriguing to me, but I try to work the problem on the front end - keep it from getting stolen!

Jim