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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2013
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Keith Newstadt, West Newton, MA (US);
Matt Boucher, Merrimack, NH (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for collecting thief-identifying information on stolen computing devices may include (1) receiving an indication that a computing device has been stolen, (2) detecting an attempt by a thief of the stolen computing device to access a user account of the thief via the stolen computing device, (3) collecting, based at least in part on detecting the attempt by the thief of the stolen computing device to access the user account of the thief via the stolen computing device, information capable of identifying the thief, and (4) reporting, to a remote computing device, the information capable of identifying the thief. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.