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Take iSight snapshots during invalid login attempts

Posted in Apple, Howto, Tech by Derek at 1:00 pm
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Macosxhints.com walks users through a simple security / privacy technique designed to take snapshots using your built-in iSight whenever invalid login attempts are logged. Can someone say poor boy Undercover alternative?

With the new MacBook Pro’s including built-in iSight cameras, I thought it would be useful to take an iSight snapshot of anyone trying to break into my laptop. This is done by tailing /var/log/asl.log for invalid login attempts (both at the login screen and screen saver). I have created an authsight program (1.5KB download) that provides a monitoring daemon which calls the camera after an invalid login attempt, and also includes a launchd manifest. An iSight command line tool named iSightCapture is also required.

I implemented this immediately out of sheer curiosity wondering if anyone in my household has ever attempted to login without permission. Similarly, MacRabbit’s Deskshade offers a simple utility which presents an immediate log of login attempts as soon as the screen lock is removed.

One Response to “Take iSight snapshots during invalid login attempts”

  1. Justin says:

    arg! Forget food…my money’s going to my macbook pro…i’ll just drink water until then.

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