Photo: Alf Ove Hansen/Dagbladet.no
Nerdy Norwegian Petter Roisland helped police find a fugitive drug dealer, thanks to his stolen MacBook.
Roisland, a 23-year-old who lives near the southern Norwegian town of Stavanger, lost a computer in a burglary last year.
Determined not to get ripped off twice, Roisland installed Orbicle’s Undercover recovery software on two MacBooks he bought as replacement machines. And then in February, they too were stolen.
At first, the Stavanger police weren’t much interested in recovering Roisland’s laptop until he sent them the webcam pictures. Turns out, the thief was a fugutive drug dealer the police had been hunting. Arrests followed and Roisland’s MacBook was returned — with all his data untouched.
Note: Orbicle’s $50 Undercover software can also cleverly dim the screen in the hope the thief will take it in for repair, where it’ll show up as stolen (the company monitors network settings and claims to know if the machine is sold or taken to a repair shop).
