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"Back To My Mac" Catches a Thief

Posted by kdawson on from the don't-mess-with-an-apple-grrrl dept.

robipilot writes "Mac stolen, Mac comes online, owner connects using 'Back to My Mac,' owner takes picture of culprit, and voila, criminal caught. OK, it wasn't quite that simple, but here's an interesting story of using some built-in technology on the Mac to recover a stolen laptop."

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  1. A viola? Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm curious to know how would taking a picture of a musical instrument help in this matter...

    1. Re:A viola? Really? by Concerned+Onlooker · · Score: 5, Funny

      Because by using this technology violins was avoided.

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      http://www.rootstrikers.org/
    2. Re:A viola? Really? by KingSkippus · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, you misunderstood. They were able to use the software with no strings attached.

    3. Re:A viola? Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's an awful pun. You should be ashamed of yourself, you've really lowered the tone in this thread.

    4. Re:A viola? Really? by CrazedWalrus · · Score: 4, Funny

      Come on. There's always time for a little off-beat humor.

    5. Re:A viola? Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I thought it was rather sharp.

    6. Re:A viola? Really? by Gnavpot · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, but does it run C#?

      (I don't know why I bother. Most /.'ers will probably not catch the musical reference anyway.)

    7. Re:A viola? Really? by mattr · · Score: 3, Funny

      You should take a bow. That strikes a chord with me, no bars to use. No rest for the evil. And the finale! Sounds like the whole progression ended on a good note.

    8. Re:A viola? Really? by Agripa · · Score: 3, Funny

      For good measure, just bar the original poster.

    9. Re:A viola? Really? by somersault · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah, people really need to learn how to better conduct themselves around here

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      which is totally what she said
  2. Re:Imagine by iminplaya · · Score: 3, Funny

    (Score:0, Flamebait)

    Ohhh, Okay... The girls can look, too.

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    What?
  3. Re:Why take a snapshot? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You use CMD+SHIFT+3 to take a screen shot on a Mac. Macs are so intuitive!

  4. Re:Imagine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    here's a little poem i wrote entitled
    "WHEN I STEAL YOUR LAPTOP"

    When i steal your laptop
    i'm going to use it offline
    so i can harvest your personal info
    with a data miner i have on my usb keychain
    then i'm going to wipe the os clean
    and change the mac address on your network card
    and sell the fucker on kijiji
    i'll meet you in the arby's parking lot
    to sell you back your own machine
    that you no longer recognize
    because I put hello kitty decals on it.

  5. Re:Imagine by Naturalis+Philosopho · · Score: 5, Funny

    And, oddly enough, I have a .25" piece of tape which can defeat any malicious code anybody may have inserted.

  6. Re:Off topic - example of poor journalism by hyperz69 · · Score: 4, Funny

    His first draft containing her Social, Blood Type, City of Birth, and Mothers Maiden name was lost when his notebook was stolen.

  7. Why do we... wtf is wrong with you? by OMNIpotusCOM · · Score: 4, Funny

    We care because I have it on good authority that women often use their Macs after having just come out of the shower, a good workout, being smeared in grits, rolling in Jell-O, bathing in whipped cream, and/or while do a self-breast exam. That's why we care!

    You act like you haven't had your domain sqatted on by Jenny's Personal Co-Ed Webcam Sexperience after missing a payment that one time that it happened to me.