Robbed Victim Posts Video of Laptop Thief Dancing Online

Is this a victory dance? After being identified as a thief, and having this embarrassing video posted online, I think not.

Fortunately, Mark Bao, an 18-year-old student at Bentley University in Massachusetts, knows his way around a computer. When his MacBook Air was stolen, he discovered he could still access several his hard drive and browser history. In addition to the thief taking pictures of himself on Photo Booth, he also recorded himself dancing it up to a remix of Tyga’s “Make It Rain.” Bao decided to post the video on YouTube.

Partially, thanks to some foresight, Bao uses a backup service Blackblaze, which syncs all of his laptop contents online. Bao also was able to find out who the thief was. The computer has since been returned, but let’s just say the YouTube video continues to live on.

(via Switched)

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http://aehrtghwrhjtwsrhgn.wordpress.com peoplelikingpeople

You guys do realize this was all a hoax right? Anyone would call the police after having a MacBook stolen, not wait around for a month and then sudden realize they could remote access. Just another lame attempt by Mark Bao at going viral.
http://anocka.wordpress.com anocka

Actually you are wrong. As a friend of Mark Bao I can confirm that this did actually happen. He never had remote access. He just had access to files that were backed up to an online service. Before you go accusing people, read the actual article.
http://absolutesoftware.wordpress.com absolutesoftware

Sadly, the reality is that most of us wouldn’t have these kind of skills to track our stolen laptops down and recover them – this is definitely unique. Here, the victim was able to trace the thief right back to his same university campus, which can often be the case. It’s worth reminding readers that there are ways other ways to fight back against thieves and even get your laptop back if it’s stolen. But you have to act quickly in the first place as many thieves may only keep possession of a stolen laptop for a few hours. Plus, the value of information on it is usually more important than the value of the laptop itself.
backblazenatasha

At Backblaze, we loved reading this story. We hear from customers all the time who were able restore data using our our online backup service after their laptop died or was stolen. Glad to hear that Mark could use us to find his laptop too. Backblaze is $5/month for unlimited data storage and we are always here to help.

To learn more about Backblaze, go to http://www.Backblaze.com
http://aehrtghwrhjtwsrhgn.wordpress.com peoplelikingpeople

sorry anocka, I know you’re trying to defend your friend (either that or you are Mark Bao himself) but he clearly did fabricate the story of it being stolen, which very well could be a crime itself. And you’ve probably seen the spam comments pushing backblaze by now. This is not an organization to be trusted and I’m sure the authorities would be interested to hear about their practices of fooling people for their money. They should be ashamed of themselves.
http://anocka.wordpress.com anocka

If you are so convinced that Mark really is faking the entire story and that it is illegal, I recommend that you file charges. That way you can be legally proven wrong and lose money in the process. I read your sorry excuse for blog on Mark, and you have no actual evidence as to why he is lying. In fact, you had many things wrong in your article. All you did was speculate and then pronounce that Mark Bao was liar. I recommend that you try and do something with your life. (Something Mark has done)