From NY times,
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/nyregion/10laptop.html?_r=2&ref=nyregio
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"Here in White Plains, a break in the case came on Tuesday when a friend
of Ms. Duplaga¹s sent her a congratulatory text message on the return of
her stolen computer. ³She said, ŒI don¹t know what you¹re talking
about,¹ and her friend said, ŒWell, you popped up as being online,¹ ²
Mr. Jackson said.
He said that Ms. Duplaga immediately signed on to another Macintosh
computer and, using a feature called ³Back to My Mac,² was able to gain
access to her missing laptop remotely. She could see that that the
person who had her computer was shopping for beds, Mr. Jackson said.
Then it occurred to her that she could activate a camera on her laptop
and watch the thief live.
At first, the photo application revealed only a smoky room and an empty
chair, Mr. Jackson said, but then a man sat down. Ms. Duplaga, again
using remote technology, typed in the command to snap a photo. ³When you
take a picture with that computer, it shows a countdown, and when it
does, this guy figures out what¹s going on,² Mr. Jackson said. ³It all
clicks for him, and he puts his hand up to cover the lens, but it was
too late. She had already taken the picture.²
Had the suspect been a complete stranger, the photographic evidence
would have been a ³great lead,² but not the decisive clue, Mr. Jackson
said. He said that when Ms. Duplaga described the tattooed subject of
the picture to one of her roommates, the roommate replied: ³Oh, I know
exactly who that is ‹ it¹s Ian,² referring to Mr. Frias. "
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Jim
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