(Hackers) Does anyone know how down a stolen laptop? (reward inside)

**Ayla_SquareTurtle** · 06-03-2008, 07:01 PM

Originally posted by xxxjay

Yep...they have used it from an Apartment here:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...kvhbl0adKGuulg

And a Starbucks at Sunset and Vine today. I have a friend who is a really good PI on the case now. We will nail the bastard.

How were you able to find out where they were using it?

**Spunky** · 06-03-2008, 07:04 PM

Edit until I seen the question above me

Hope you get it back..

**xxxjay** · 06-03-2008, 07:06 PM

Originally posted by split_joel

Hit me up on AIM I might be able to help.

OK, hitting you up in a second.

**DateDoc** · 06-03-2008, 07:12 PM

Since it is a MacBook Air it has "Back to my Mac" on it. If the laptop is used to go online you can login into your mac and turn the cam on and see who is using your Mac. Their was a thief caught not to long ago using this.

http://www.apple.com/dotmac/backtomymac.html
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/s...003402,00.html

**xxxjay** · 06-03-2008, 07:23 PM

Originally posted by split_joel

Hit me up on AIM I might be able to help.

Hit me up when you are on dickdjay or 62835707

**Major (Tom)** · 06-03-2008, 10:43 PM

sucks man... sorry

Duke

**Phil** · 06-03-2008, 11:41 PM

That’s why I never throw parties at my house any more unless its my kids b-day party. Lat time I had my hockey team over there was a cigarette burn on my leather couch, someone pissed all over the bathroom mats and my 300 dollar sunglasses that my wife gave me disappeared… No fucking way… Chucky-e-Cheese is where my next party is going to be at.
Sorry Jay.. must have been hell of a party

D · 06-03-2008, 11:49 PM

Originally posted by xxxjay

Yep...they have used it from an Apartment here:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...kvhbl0adKGuulg

And a Starbucks at Sunset and Vine today. I have a friend who is a really good PI on the case now. We will nail the bastard.

cool. nail the bastard.

Thievery is not something that should be tolerated but by other thieves.

**Wolfy** · 06-08-2008, 06:03 AM

did you get your baby back?

**Pete-KT** · 06-08-2008, 06:26 AM

whats the update on tghis Jay?

**Electric Lights** · 06-08-2008, 06:29 AM

I doubt they'll be able to track it down.

**raven1083** · 06-08-2008, 06:30 AM

now, that really sucks!

Z · 06-08-2008, 09:44 AM

www.x10.com, cover the house in 'em. Not only will it solve these kinds of issues quickly, considering the kinds of parties you have, it could have fringe benefits too. ;-)

**xxxjay** · 06-08-2008, 08:12 PM

Originally posted by Pete-KT

whats the update on tghis Jay?

Right here is the apartment complex they've been using it from:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...kvhbl0adKGuulg

Anyone know how to narrow it down to a specific unit?

**GetSCORECash** · 06-08-2008, 08:18 PM

Originally posted by CAMOKAT

That?s why I never throw parties at my house any more unless its my kids b-day party. Lat time I had my hockey team over there was a cigarette burn on my leather couch, someone pissed all over the bathroom mats and my 300 dollar sunglasses that my wife gave me disappeared? No fucking way? Chucky-e-Cheese is where my next party is going to be at.
Sorry Jay.. must have been hell of a party

I had someone take my wife's cellphone, do a couple of text messages, and then dump it in the trash.

That was the last party I gave at my house.

**tony286** · 06-08-2008, 08:22 PM

http://www.absolute.com/computracepl...p-security.asp

**marketsmart** · 06-08-2008, 08:29 PM

Originally posted by xxxjay

Right here is the apartment complex they've been using it from:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...kvhbl0adKGuulg

Anyone know how to narrow it down to a specific unit?

they might be using wireless to surf via a neighbors unsecured wi if..

if you are really torn up about this, hire a detective.. have him stake the apt out..

i bet he find the person easily if they left the apt with it...

**xxxjay** · 06-09-2008, 12:21 AM

Originally posted by marketsmart

they might be using wireless to surf via a neighbors unsecured wi if..

if you are really torn up about this, hire a detective.. have him stake the apt out..

i bet he find the person easily if they left the apt with it...

It was a friend of mine who is a detective gave me the 411 on this.

**testpie** · 06-09-2008, 12:58 AM

Originally posted by xxxjay

Right here is the apartment complex they've been using it from:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...kvhbl0adKGuulg

Anyone know how to narrow it down to a specific unit?

How do you know it's in that apartment complex? As others have said, if you get some simple wireless network sniffing software, such as Wildpackets OmniPeek Personal (there's an older fully-featured freeware version knocking about on the web somewhere, I think I've got a copy if you need it) and you somehow know the MAC address of your MacBook's wireless adapter, you could just walk around the complex and see if you can sniff the presence of the Mac, and then do some door-to-door enquiries.

To be honest though, for those of you who said you've registered your MAC address with Toshiba and so on, I really can't see how Toshiba would be able to track it down, as MAC addresses are all local to specific network segments - whenever a router routes traffic to the WAN, it does so using your IP address as the source but it's MAC address as the source, so I'm at a loss to explain how somebody could track a MAC address down. That said, I'm usually 110% wrong about most things I "know", so here's waiting for the correction...

**sysk** · 06-09-2008, 01:09 AM

monitor ebay/kijiji/craigslist

(Hackers) Does anyone know how down a stolen laptop? (reward inside)

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