Stolen laptop sends spy photos from Iran (1 Viewer)

scotjimland

LIFE MEMBER
Jul 25, 2007
2,074
8,970
Suffolk Coastal District, UK
Funster No
15
MH
Timberland
Love this story, every laptop should have this app ..


This is a story of theft, loss, discovery – and of mortification – designed for the digital age. It tells how a laptop stolen in London found its way to a family in Tehran and how, via a hidden app, the rightful owner was able to photograph those using his computer and expose them on the web. There is however, a happy ending.

The laptop in question belonged to Dom del Torto, a Londoner who works for an animation company in London's Shoreditch. In February his computer was stolen in a burglary at his home in Holloway Road, north London.

A month later a tracking app he had installed in the laptop revealed not only that his computer was in Tehran but was transmitting pictures back of the family using it.


More on this story
 
Jun 18, 2008
1,588
2,280
Lancaster
Funster No
2,925
MH
None
Exp
Since June 2008
Apple devices use an app to enable the owner to find other devices, I can locate my Macs, iphone and iPad using the cloud. The apps can't access the camera but I could lock out or even delete the stolen device.
 

Join us or log in to post a reply.

To join in you must be a member of MotorhomeFun

Join MotorhomeFun

Join us, it quick and easy!

Log in

Already a member? Log in here.

Latest journal entries

Funsters who are viewing this thread

Back
Top