Don't Steal From A Computer Sci Guy
He tracks RUDE PEOPLE, too. Great little story of a geek in the UK who was robbed and went after the thieves right from his desk chair:
By now it's probably about 17:30, so I resign myself to the crap of cancelling my cards, calling my mobile to confirm it wasn't available and calling the police who would arrive within an hour or so. Whilst wallowing in my own feelings of "oh crap, I need to replace shit, why didn't I get around to purchasing insurance yet?", I begin to think about whether I actually did set up some remote "wipe your phone when nicked" software. After hunting down the site and remembering my "PIN" (not a bloody password, and no email correspondence of course!), we begin to get somewhere.Turns out that WaveSecure is actually a damned fine piece of software. Once we got past the login, I was presented with a lovely screen saying "Your phone is LOCKED". Interesting, we could be onto something here! Lets send them a message, I want all my stuff back not just the phone. Oh, what's that option? Track?
Hee--always good to hear these. Reminds me of this story: http://www.pcworld.com/article/172093/an_amazing_laptop_recovery_story.html where the victim was able to log on to his computer remotely and observe the thief logging into a Facebook and Myspace account. Made it pretty easy to catch him.
Nanc in Ashland at April 14, 2010 9:10 AM
Here's an oldie but goodie. This guy uses webcams to drive a Nigerian scammer out of his tree.
http://www.angelfire.com/comics/wendywillcox/
kishke
at April 14, 2010 1:30 PM
Would that such thieves could simply be thrown into an ocean to drown.
Robert at April 14, 2010 6:37 PM
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