Tuesday, May 31, 2011

This guy stole a MacBook (and is being watched by the owner)


Sad to resort to an application to find out where his computer equipment was stolen after being stopped by a robber. An American designer has launched a Tumblr specifically to publicize the activities of the villain has the MacBook while it was stolen on March 21.


Joshua Kaufman said the laptop was stolen from his apartment in Oakland, California. He even went to the police, but officials say they have no resources to go after the bandit. In desperation, he appealed to the Hidden application, available for Mac, which monitors the unauthorized activity on your computer. Also, does the hidden pictures of who is using the machine with the Mac iSight present throughout


iSight shooting suspect of having stolen MacBook
This Guy Has The My MacBook (This guy is with my MacBook, in free translation) was the way found by the owner of the device to show the world that has a thief rifling through your stuff. According to Kaufman, the bandit tried to delete his account on the MacBook, probably to install everything again and pretend that your machine is.


Human delete profile on stolen MacBook
If you find someone with that guy on the street, can advise the Joshua Kaufman via Twitter: @ JMK. Good luck to him in the quest for so beloved MacBook.

Hidden
Hidden is the name of the application used by Kaufman to monitor the activities of the bandit. After signing the service, which costs $ 15 annually with the right to monitor a machine, the user hears everything that is done with the computer from the moment it is marked as "stolen" from the site. Of course, for this is that the equipment needed to continue connecting to the internet.

The application makes screenshots of the Mac and also photographs the person using the machine with the iSight. In some cases, also gives information on geographical location, similar to the Find My iPhone that Apple offers for their customers.