Serial Burglar Caught on Webcam

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday February 17, 2005 @03:09AM from the watch-what-you're-doing dept.

Metatron writes "The BBC is reporting about a serial burlgar caught after images recorded by a webcam were automatically emailed to an outside server. The evidence was made available to the police even though the computer itself had been stolen! This is also discussed on the victims own web site and the local newspaper in Cambridge." From the article: "I was relieved it did what I'd intended it to when I was burgled again. It was nice to catch him in the act - but it didn't stop him from stealing my things."

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Re:Apple recently captured criminals with iSights by BenBenBen · 2005-02-17 03:32 · Score: 0, Redundant

Why did you keep laptops in the fridge in the first place?

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Re:Apple recently captured criminals with iSights by l4m3z0r · 2005-02-17 03:39 · Score: 1, Redundant

...who was stealing laptops and other items out of the fridge at a local university.
Anyone who stores his/her laptop in a fridge deserves to have it stolen.