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Tech-Savvy Student Tracks Down MacBook Thief

Tech-Savvy Student Tracks Down MacBook Thief
An eighteen-year-old technology entrepreneur and Bentley College student didn't give up after his laptop had been stolen. After realizing that by using the online backup software BackBlaze which he'd installed on his laptop, he would be able to see the machine's browser history and track any hard drive updates.

What would you do if you were a college freshman and your MacBook Air was stolen?

Eighteen-year-old "technology entrepreneur" and Bentley College student Mark Bao didn't write off his laptop as gone forever after realizing that by using the online backup software BackBlaze which he'd installed on his laptop, he would be able to see the machine's browser history and track any hard drive updates. The rest was an interesting look into what a fellow classmate does after stealing a laptop.

(READ the story in PCWorld)

 

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