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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 Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I thought it was rather sharp.

  2. 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!

  3. 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.

  4. 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.