Securely communicating a status of a wireless technology device to a non-paired device

A wireless technology device, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory device coupled to the processor;
• a buffer storing an unlock code associated with the wireless technology device;
• and
• a computer readable storage device coupled to the processor, wherein the storage device contains program code executable by the processor via the memory device to implement a method comprising:
• locking, by a processor of a wireless technology device, the wireless technology device in response to determining that a status of the wireless technology device has changed from a secure state to a lost state;
• and
• sending, by the processor, a lifeline signal to at least one non-paired device to trigger the at least one non-paired device to communicate to a centralized computing network that the status of the wireless technology device has changed to the lost state;
• wherein the centralized computer network notifies the owner that the status of the wireless technology device has changed to the lost state by sending a message containing the unlock code to unlock the wireless technology device.

A computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device storing a computer readable program code, the computer readable program code comprising an algorithm that when executed by a computer processor of a computing system implements a method comprising:

• locking, by a processor of a wireless technology device, the wireless technology device in response to determining that a status of the wireless technology device has changed from a secure state to a lost state;
• and
• sending, by the processor, a lifeline signal to at least one non-paired device to trigger the at least one non-paired device to communicate to a centralized computing network that the status of the wireless technology device has changed to the lost state;
• wherein the centralized computer network notifies the owner that the status of the wireless technology device has changed to the lost state by sending a message containing an unlock code to unlock the wireless technology device.