Have you ever wondered if someone is trying to hack into your system? Would you like to take a picture of the hacker?

A new service, called LogMeOnce, now gives you the option to take a picture of who ever is trying to access the accounts you’ve registered with its service. Essentially, it hacks the hacker and offers to take a picture.

The feature, which is called Mugshot and launched Tuesday, also provides information about your attacker’s location and IP address. It can also take a picture with the rear facing camera to show the hackers surroundings.

LogMeOnce, a Fairfax, Virginia, company incorporated in 2011, has a patent pending on the proprietary technology, which essentially tries to protect consumers by exposing the identities, or at least the locations, of hackers. The company president, chief executive Kevin Shahbazi, calls it a digital burglar alarm.

Shahbazi said: It is “identical to an alarm system that everyone uses to protect their home, business or property,” only for the digital age.

For now, the system falls into a gray area legally. Security personnel call it a much needed system in the growing area of computer hacking. Shahbazi said his offering is legal, likening it to the cameras that watch ATMs to catch robbers.

“It is very legal to protect your assets, passwords or access to your online banking credentials,” Shahbazi said.

Source: Omaha.com