A pair of thieves were caught by the tech-savvy owner of one of the laptops they pilfered, using the "Back to My Mac" remote desktop software to find her Mac and take control of it - and to take a picture of one of the thieves, as well.
Kait Duplaga and her two roommates had items ranging from flat-screen TVs to the laptops mentioned above stolen from their apartment. Leads had started to dry up when Duplaga was alerted by a friend who spotted her Mac online and sent her a congratulatory SMS on the return of her computer.
Duplaga said, "I don’t know what you’re talking about," to which her friend replied, "Well, you popped up as being online."
Duplaga then logged onto another Mac, and used "Back to My Mac" and the iSight camera on the laptop to check out the sitch. She then took a picture of the person sitting in front of the laptop.
Frias was ID'ed by one of Duplaga's roommates. It turns out that both Edmon Shahikian, 23, and Ian Frias, 20, were among the guests at a party held at the apartment weeks before, and were friends of friends of the victims.
The lessons here could be:
* Hide all your expensive electronics when you have a party, or
* Don't have any parties, or
* Wipe the hard drive of a PC you steal
At any rate, the two miscreants were arrested, and all - at least for now - is well. And Steve Jobs has yet another thing to crow about.
Source: By Tech Ex
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