Man tracks stolen laptop hundreds of miles away, calls thief
A man's laptop is stolen, but he's able to track it remotely and with the help of social media, recover it. (NSFW language. More story links at bottom.)
This guy is Sean Power, a Canadian author and tech consultant. (He works for a company you may know - Cheezburger Inc.) His laptop got stolen, along with a lot of other stuff. But he's using Prey, free software that can track your computer.
As Sean shares this info, Twitter users are helping out in various ways. Some urged caution. One woman showed up on site to see what was going on. Others doing quick research found out Paolo may actually be part-owner of the bar.
@seanpower I am sure we can virtually arrange a geek squad intervention to go reclaim your gear. You need help rounding up a posse?
@seanpower don't play macho hero - be a smart hero - do what you do best, capture data, measure, assess and report - data > sword...- Sean decides to call the cops, and continues to report what's going on.
People continue to dig up info on Paolo, and more offer to head to the bar. Sean warns them not to jump in.
@nickreese @seanpower @LewisHowes sean has a girl at the bar, doesnt want her there alone while waiting for cops to show. Can he lend a hand
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- Anthony VascaYou got lucky with Prey. I had it on a stolen laptop and the tracking never worked. I've put devicetrack.net on my new laptop and have tested it a few times...more2013-03-15T03:16:19.656Z
- Anthony VascaYou got lucky with Prey. I had it on a stolen laptop and the tracking never worked. I've put devicetrack.net on my new laptop and have tested it a few times...more2013-03-15T03:16:09.668Z
- Seddek TrixolYeah I Guess it's Possible i read this article http://www.tech-tricks.net/3-programs-to-recover-your-stolen-laptop/ it was very useful it uses Geo location2013-01-15T15:09:39.343Z
- Anthony VascaYou got lucky with Prey. I had it on a stolen laptop and the tracking never worked. I've put devicetrack.net on my new laptop and have tested it a few times...You got lucky with Prey. I had it on a stolen laptop and the tracking never worked. I've put devicetrack.net on my new laptop and have tested it a few times with friends. The geo location thing on Devicetrack.net works every time and it does other things for anti-theft. Well worth having this on my new Vaio..more2013-03-15T03:16:19.656Z
- Anthony VascaYou got lucky with Prey. I had it on a stolen laptop and the tracking never worked. I've put devicetrack.net on my new laptop and have tested it a few times...You got lucky with Prey. I had it on a stolen laptop and the tracking never worked. I've put devicetrack.net on my new laptop and have tested it a few times with friends. The geo location thing on Devicetrack.net works every time and it does other things for anti-theft. Well worth having this on my new Vaio.more2013-03-15T03:16:09.668Z
- Seddek TrixolYeah I Guess it's Possible i read this article http://www.tech-tricks.net/3-programs-to-recover-your-stolen-laptop/ it was very useful it uses Geo location2013-01-15T15:09:39.343Z
- Shreyharsh Baderiyamy laptop has stolen plz help me plz..........2012-06-03T10:34:11.269Z
