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Stealing Laptops For Class Credit
First time accepted submitter core_tripper writes "Students at the University of Twente have stolen thirty laptops from various members of the university's staff. They were not prosecuted for this, so they could just get on with their studies. Indeed, these students even received ECTS credits for these thefts. UT researcher Trajce Dimkov asked the students to steal the machines as part of a scientific experiment. Stealing these laptops turned out to be a pretty simple matter."
Suppose one of the students followed his friend around to see how he stole a laptop, and then later copied the method? Would he get credit, or be marked down for plagiarism?
I have used social engineering to get past people that can speak the English real good,
Have you used it on anyone who could speak English really well?
William of Ockham had no beard. The most likely explanation is that it was chewed off by squirrels every morning.
That's an odd name for a dog.
They can take my LifeAlert pendant when they pry it from my cold dead fingers.
Of course, it would be a good scam to tell security that it's a class project anyway. Then after all the laptops are missing and don't show up again, they look up your name and find out you're not a professor and are nowhere to be found.
Of course cats can learn their name! How else would they be able to spitefully ignore you?
W..w..W - Willy Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins who is washing Waldo Woo.
...speaking of food, I still think that as long as there are hungry people in the world, there is no such thing as an unwanted pet.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.