The Crime-Fighting Mac

May 13, 2008 8:32 AM | permalink | comments: 0

Two thieves broke into Kait Duplaga's New York apartment and stole thousands of dollars of stuff, including a Mac laptop. Duplaga works for an Apple store.

Someone told Duplaga that her Mac was online. Using a different Mac, she gained control of her stolen laptop's system using a remote access feature built into OSX Leopard.

A camera is built into Mac laptops. Duplaga took a photo of the thief sitting there in front of her stolen laptop, and retrieved a photo of the other thief. A roommate recognized both guys, who had been party guests a few weeks earlier. Both have now been arrested.

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Steve DennieCareer-wise, I've been hanging around and writing about and cheering on churches and pastors for the past 25 years as my denomination's Communications Director.
I write primarily for my own amusement. If anyone wants to eavesdrop, they're welcome to it. My heartbeat is serving God faithfully through the local church. But my posts repeatedly stray into sports, politics, movies, and other nonsense.
I've been blogging since 2004, and it's been fun. Please understand that, though I work for the United Brethren in Christ denomination, the nonsense I spew out here comes from my own semi-functional brain in a totally personal, non-official capacity. Yes, that's a disclaimer.

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