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12-15-2011, 06:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco | | | Stolen Laptop - do you know these two?
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I know this is a longshot, but I'm posting it anyway. Hope this is okay here.
My friend, a drummer and producer, had his backpack and laptop stolen from a restaurant in the Mission district in San Francisco. Thanks to some program, he now has an image of them...
Anybody know them? He just wants it back. 
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12-15-2011, 06:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Central Alabama | | | I'd post that pic in every local thing I could find. That is awesome that he got that shot. |
12-15-2011, 06:38 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Down in the middle somewhere. | | | how did he get that shot?
did he manage to control the lapop via internet and use the built in webcam? serious "enemy of the state" vibe if thats what he did! |
12-15-2011, 06:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco | | It's some program. I think you have to have it installed before hand. A few years back, a guy in Oakland posted a blog with images of the guy who had it, after the police did virtually nothing. It wasn't until it was tweeted so many times that Good Morning America called Oakland police, and they finally did something about it.
Here is that website: This Guy Has My MacBook |
12-15-2011, 07:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Down in the middle somewhere. | | | Man that is some seriously cool program!
According to the website he should be able to localise his computer via GPS or Wifi! |
12-15-2011, 09:12 PM
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12-15-2011, 09:33 PM
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Good luck to him, though! From a fellow Mac user.
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12-15-2011, 09:38 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New Hampshire | | | I'm actually kind of weirded out that a program was able to take a picture of the thieves as they were using it.
It's a good idea though.
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12-15-2011, 09:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | I have many friends in frisco, I'm gonna repost.
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12-15-2011, 09:47 PM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | Let's say I did know those people. Do you think I'm going to admit it in this thread?
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12-15-2011, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by MJ5150  Let's say I did know those people. Do you think I'm going to admit it in this thread?
-Mike | Good point.
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12-16-2011, 06:38 AM
| | | | If he knows the MAC address, it can be traced to the location. That, unfortunately, means someone (police) needs to look for it. Google search topics like 'locate computer'. Is it part of a VPN? |
12-16-2011, 06:39 AM
| | | | A Craig's List ad with the photo wouldn't be a bad idea- something like "THESE A#$HOLES HAVE MY COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' might work. |
12-16-2011, 07:13 AM
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12-16-2011, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by MJ5150 Let's say I did know those people. Do you think I'm going to admit it in this thread?
-Mike | Perhaps they run in the same circle as someone on here and that person doesnt particularly care for them?
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12-16-2011, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by MatticusMania
Perhaps they run in the same circle as someone on here and that person doesnt particularly care for them?
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12-16-2011, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by MJ5150 Let's say I did know those people. Do you think I'm going to admit it in this thread?
-Mike | No, not on the thread.
But a helpful tip via PM wouldn't be out of the question.
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12-16-2011, 11:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco | | | The image has since been forwarded to LE in the area. |
12-16-2011, 11:44 AM
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12-16-2011, 11:51 AM
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My phone has a similar program. If it gets jacked, and someone tries to guess the password and gets it wrong, it automatically takes a pic using the front-facing camera, and sends the picture as well as their whereabouts (GPS) to my e-mail address without their knowing.
I tried it at my house and a few others, and it actually got the specific address accurate most times. When wrong, it was only off by a few houses. 
Part of me actually *wants* my phone to get stolen! Hehe
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