Gothamist: Say Cheese Laptop Thieves: Camera Foils Crooks

lstump

Sat, 10 May 2008 10:40:34 -0500

Marvelous work!

ihateallbrokers

Sat, 10 May 2008 10:35:19 -0500

if you ahve the serial# anybody with a apple gsx acount can look up the service record and warranty. just ask around.

Rocknrope

Sat, 10 May 2008 09:04:29 -0500

Can someone explain how this exactly works? So you can remotely activate a camera on your mac to take pictures of who is in front of it? I'm a PC person, sorry.

west side Michael

Fri, 09 May 2008 19:39:41 -0500

Newsday.com has their photo's, real jerks but what can expect from break in criminals. It ain't Rififi.

LinkMan

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:21:43 -0500

It's even better when the pictures of the thieves are mildly embarrassing.

jaja007

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:47:19 -0500

You should have posted the pictures of the two thugs. It's good to see whites and arabs working together. It must make Osama Bin Laden very angry.

AnonEMouse

Fri, 09 May 2008 13:58:23 -0500

#10, totally agree Great story!

wowthatsucks

Fri, 09 May 2008 13:22:06 -0500

mental note: find a new roommate with better friends

mobius1ski

Fri, 09 May 2008 13:02:06 -0500

check out undercover. it's like lowjack for your mac. http://www.orbicule.com/undercover/

Think twice

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:49:22 -0500

I love stories like this. LoJack for high end electronics would work well too. But the use of remote desktops and spy cams for personal vengence is sweet. Also wouldn't a security system be able to triangulate the location of a lost or stolen computer when it goes online? Maaaaybe.

JMH

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:37:47 -0500

I gotta be honest, that's pretty clever. Score one for Mac users.

eyekantspel

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:30:51 -0500

wow, nice story. Sometimes the good guys win.

VanessaNYC

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:30:35 -0500

This is a pretty awesome story. Go geek woman! :)

Albert Sharpton

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:08:31 -0500

What if i put piece of duct tape over the camera, and color it with a sharpie marker, it would pretty much render this whole ingenious security system useless, no?

YELLOWFOOT

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:06:30 -0500

Smart Girl! when my first mac was stolen back in the dark ages Mac wouldn't even tell me if someone brought it in for service

Muscley Armed Paper Boy

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:56:19 -0500

Nice...two dumb Bronx thugs who probably had the computer skills of a 5 year old. Amazing they were able to get online in the first place! Bravo

donner

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:53:35 -0500

Great story