Man Uses Remote Logon To Help Find Laptop Thief

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 1, 2008 @04:48PM from the cyber-bloodhound dept.

After his computer was stolen, Jose Caceres used a remote access program to log on every day and watch it being used. The laptop was stolen on Sept. 4, when he left it on top of his car while carrying other things into his home. "It was kind of frustrating because he was mostly using it to watch porn," Caceres said. "I couldn't get any information about him." Last week the thief messed up and registered on a web site with his name and address. Jose alerted the police, who arrested a suspect a few hours later. The moral of the story: never go to a porn site where you have to register.

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Perv who lost his laptop... by ZeroNullVoid · 2008-10-01 17:20 · Score: 1, Troll

Was the person whose laptop was stolen jacking it while watching a live webcam feed of the dude who stole his laptop for porn usage?
Re:The moral of the story by Sobrique · 2008-10-01 22:17 · Score: 0, Troll

I don't know. I mean, the -average- laptop user really doesn't deserve to own a computer. Really they don't. They've no idea how it works, and are doing all kinds of monkey-poo-flinging with it.
Maybe they're even just chucking it around, or leaving it on top of their car.
When someone actively doesn't deserve to own a computer, is it not a public service to steal it from them?