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Mac Thief Caught Thanks To Applescript & Timbuktu

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the funny-late-night-story dept.

el.cerrito.slasher sent in an amusing bit found on MacSlash. This story is a tale of a stolen iMac that just happened to be running Timbuktu (a remote control program like VNC I believe). Well the stolen box kept getting used, and the owner was able to track it down through a variety of amusing Timbuktu Fu. Funny story.

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  1. Hey CmdrTaco! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Dude, it's fucking 5 AM. What the hell are you doing posting stories to /.. Gee, don't even have a girl to fuck or something?

    Fucking pathetic.

  2. This story gives me a by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This story gives me a headrush

  3. Some people by obi-1-kenobi · · Score: -1, Troll

    Is it that hard to format the hard drive i mean really some people must have brain damage

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  4. Excuse me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Excuse me, but do you have some sort of mental problem where your brain turns into shit everytime you decide to shit down and post at Slashdot?

  5. Re:Replying to myself.... by posmon · · Score: -1, Troll

    the screen was blue, internet explorer had died. blue screen of death. maybe the error wasn't as severe as when nt *really* blows up, but who cares, you pedantic faggot?

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  6. the REAL story here.. by mESSDan · · Score: -1, Troll
    Honestly, who would steal an iMac? No SANE person, that's for sure. Stealing this iMac was a cry for help.

    In the story, the cop went to the house to get the iMac, but the woman brought it outside, she wouldn't let him in. Surely you can see that its because the man in the house that let her out of the basement to answer the door would have gotten angry, and then bam, no cartoons for a week!

    All you need to do is read between the lines here, and you'll see that I'm full of shit ;)

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  7. See this?? by qurob · · Score: 1, Troll


    Reader: I have got a much better idea!

    Write a script that pops up a window saying "You have won a special 500.00 prize. Your machine has run for 3000 hours without a major problem!"

    Create fields for them to enter name, address and phne numbers to receive the prize.

    Make the script write that data to disk and you can pull it with timbuktu

    Then call the police.

    Crooks often fall for the stupidest tricks, especially if you appeal to GREED!!!



    I know THIS would work. I steal computers all the time, and I ALWAYS click on every pop up and fill out ALL the forms. As everyone knows, they are all 100% real!