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Victim uses remote logon to nab laptop theft suspect
October 2, 2008
Sydney Herald
A laptop thief got caught - after the computer owner tracked him remotely.
Jose Caceres said he used a remote access program to log on every day and watch his computer being used, and then tipped off police, leading to the arrest of a 34-year-old male suspect.
Caceres, 27, of White Plains, said his computer was stolen in early September when he left it on top of his car while carrying things into his home.
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But then the suspect typed in a name and address to register on a website, and a few hours later, police caught the suspect.
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Cool, sounds like a pretty clever idea.That's a cool trick. I wonder how he had that set up. What program would help you do that?
| jwellsy wrote: |
| That's a cool trick. I wonder how he had that set up. What program would help you do that? |
Something like VNC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VncYeah nice!
After they stole my laptop twice in two years time, i would like to have a program like that too!
Right now i have a program on my computer (for macbook and macbook pro) what is called ialertu. You can lock your laptop when you are working in a coffeeshop for instance. I f you need to visit the bathroom its just a pain in the ass to pack everything up and bring it with you.
Instead you can "lock" it with a remote (it even makes the car alarm beep beep sound). If people move it a loud alarm goes off, only you can stop by using the remote.
it doesn't stop people to steal your laptop in every case, but it's convient for sure!
| thejam wrote: |
Yeah nice!
Instead you can "lock" it with a remote (it even makes the car alarm beep beep sound). If people move it a loud alarm goes off, only you can stop by using the remote.
it doesn't stop people to steal your laptop in every case, but it's convient for sure! |
That sounds like a much easier way to keep it safe.I Love it!
I personally like LogMeIn http://www.logmein.com .
I use it to support my family computers. Gone are the days of trying to walk them through something over the phone or having to get in the car and go to them to fix their computer... Well if it boots and can get on to the internet still. But still much better.
Charles In Pakistan, a young man was murdered for some reason. The killers also took away his mobile phone. During investigation, the officer also enquired about the box of his cell phone and took note of the EMEI number. This was leter given to network operators of Pakistan to track. Soon a mobile operator responded with the phone set detected on thier network. The number was traced and calls recorded for some while after which the whole gand was arrested.
That's pretty cool. I'm surprised more crime isn't solved with methods like this.
Networks is useful for polices.
I had many mobiles stolen and lost and never got any one of them back even after reporting the thefts.
The police only act if the phones are used in larger crimes....
neat to know that they actually tracked the thief down like in the movies. I don't think the police would go through the trouble to track down our lost handphones as they would then be too busy doing that everyday and nothing else based on the number of handphones lost or stolen in a day.
