26 Dec Don’t steal a hacker’s computer

An early Contrarian post told the amazing story of how Kevin Miller got his iPhone back after he misplaced it in a Chicago bar. Miller got crucial help from an Apple app called “Find My iPhone,” which can remotely track an Apple phone’s geo-location information and send it to the registered owner in real time.

There’s no such app for an ordinary desktop—unless you happen to steal the beloved computer of clever hacker called Zoz. He recounted the story, replete with poorly disguised NSFW nudity, at Def Con 18, the underground hackers’ conference. (The actual story begins at the 3:15 mark, but you can move the slider to that point.)

Ironically, it was Zoz’s own security lapses that enabled him to track the computer down two years after it was taken in a break-in.

H/T: Gizmodo.