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Little Brother might be watching you

Getting his computer stolen was the most fun thing ever to happen to this guy, who sounds like a bit of a tech geek. Thanks to a remote-access program he'd installed, he was able to screw with the thief's head, while gathering info to help the police track the guy down.

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4 Comments

What would have been awesome is if the guy had put some photoshoped images of him and a woman other than the girl he was with on the desktop or screen saver... say the day the police were going to recover it for you. O that would have been worth a laugh. you could even watch the reaction with the cam that would have been priceless.

jjrambo

from Rochester, Michigan

What a dork criminal right? This guy got pretty lucky, not going to lie, but he still had to work his butt off to find the criminal. Kudos to him!!!!
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Criminals are usually not a blazing inferno of intelligence. I would have the time of my life watching the criminal on my stolen laptops webcam. Of course, I'd eventually want the laptop back.

Adam
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What would have been awesome is if the guy had put some photoshoped images of him and a woman other than the girl he was with on the desktop or screen saver... say the day the police were going to recover it for you. O that would have been worth a laugh. you could even watch the reaction with the cam that would have been priceless.

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