[Tondtar]

I have a lot of respect for this guy after reading this and he's only 18!

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Revenge of the computer geek: Student uses his techno savvy to track down 'dumb' thief who stole his MacBook

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1HRhf3Rpo

He doesn't look like your everyday detective - but he could certainly teach them a thing or two.

Mark Bao is a Massachusetts college student with enough computer savviness to track down a thief who broke into his dorm and stole his laptop.

The 18-year-old's MacBook Air was stolen in February and through the help of Social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, he was able to track the perpetrator down single (and gadget) handedly.



Using BlackBlaze, an automated backup syncing service that can hack into a computer's hard drive, Mark found an access point into his missing computer and into his hard drive and browser history.

What he found led him to turn detective as he unravelled the investigation to his delighted Twitter followers.

Discovering a photo that the thief had taken of himself using Photo Booth, Mark tweeted: 'Wow. The first thing that MacBook thieves do REALLY IS take pictures on Photo Booth. I didn't think they were that dumb!'

He then discovered that the thief had recorded himself doing a dance to Tyga's Make it Rain and immediately posted it on YouTube, tweeting: 'The video is up! This is the dude who stole my MacBook Air a few months ago.'

He then traced him back to his Facebook page using the browser history and then not only had the thief's name but found that he lived in the same area as him, close to Bentley University where Mark studied. And they had mutual friends on Facebook.



Mark was apparently not in any hurry to get the laptop back as he had already replaced it with a new one.

He tweeted: 'And yes, I have thief guy's Facebook and everything. I'm too busy to stage any serious lulz (sic), but don't worry... lulz (sic) will certainly happen.'

The student-turned-detective discovered this only two days ago and had to leave for an interview at NYU.

Upon his return yesterday he reported the matter to police, giving them all the evidence he had collected on his online investigation.

Speaking to the MailOnline he said: 'I don't hold any grudges against him. He returned the laptop this morning to the police and then sent me a message on Facebook telling me and saying he was sorry etc.

'I don't hold grudges because I don't have time nor patience to. There are more important things in life.'

Because he already replaced the stolen laptop Mark is planning on selling it and donating the proceeds to Japan saying: 'The disaster is just terrible and they need all the help they can get.'

According to his online profile, Mark Bao is an entrepreneur and founder of two non-profit organisations, The Genevine Foundation, which aims to fight homelessness and poverty, and The Centre for Ethical Business.

His tagline is: 'I move fast. I'm ambitious. I'm out to make change.'

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And here is the stupid thief doing what he does best ...Being a stupid thief and posting a stupid video he took with the stolen good on YouTube. Mark had it saved and reposted it under his own account as an evidence to zap his a$$

[Feyd]

Reminds me of this:

http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/

I've had this link in my favorites forever (literally 5+ years).... but if you've got time, it's so f'ing hilarious.

[JayKay335i]

Yesterdays news. Why do old people want to read yesterdays news.

[Tondtar]

Originally Posted by JayKay335i

Yesterdays news. Why do old people want to read yesterdays news.

Just because ....

[Quick6EF]

lol owned

[WWONG]

Anyone else see the correlation of thieves and people who listen to that type of music?

[TK-421]

Originally Posted by WWONG

Anyone else see the correlation of thieves and people who listen to that type of music?

inb4bav