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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. But... its a mac by joocemann · · Score: -1, Troll

    So when he got it back.. Did he check his e-mail, browse slashdot, then realize there is nothing else to do? I feel bad for the thief who was dumb enough to steal one, let alone the victim who was dumb enough to buy one (victim of apple, not thief).

    1. Re:But... its a mac by joocemann · · Score: 0, Troll

      There are a million more things you can do on a PC than a Mac. If you don't know the difference you are either blind, or in a state of denial because you own a mac. Yeah. I thought so. I'm not saying 'vista' is any good, but ANY PC (laptop or desktop) is better. Simply stating that you do not seem to realize the awesome variety of capabilities of a PC compared to a MAC. Example? Do you have team fortress 2? lol. no. you just have e-mail.

  2. Whoring by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That's why Mac Fanbois suck big time. This story has nothing to do with Mac or apple. The same could have been true for any other hardware/os/software combination. And if a story was posted for a pc instead of mac, it would not have mentioned PC and Microsoft (or logitech or lenovo).

    for fuck sake, stop this whoring.

  3. Re:Imagine by baboo_jackal · · Score: 0, Troll
    I'd like to respond to one of the pertinent assertions you made in your argument:

    Blah, blah, hippie crap, blah, conspiracy theory, blah, blah, blah.
    No wonder you posted AC.