Here’s one of the best Black Friday deals you’ll find: a free year of GadgetTrak. GadgetTrak is a security service that uses Wi-Fi positioning and webcam to locate your missing laptop.If your laptop ever gets stolen you can use both of those features to try and recover it yourself, or you can file a police more »

Yes, mobile security is becoming more of a million-dollar-worry for corporations, but what about the hundreds of dollars’ worth of songs on your iPod? Your son’s graduation photos on your digital camera when it gets lost or stolen?

A recent Reuters story details some of the new software and hardware that allows runaway consumer electronics to “phone” home via wireless connectivity; Eye-Fi SD memory cards and GadgetTrak software are mentioned. Both send data back to the original owners, and there are now-famous stories of thieves caught taking pictures of themselves using the Eye-Fi enabled cameras they stole.

I was curious about the relationship between these new security companies and law enforcement: how are police handling the advent of technologies that help them do their jobs?