Laptop was just stolen at the airport

mcast123 · 27 Feb 2010 at 20:04

asim18 said:
Did you inform airport security? Was there any CCTV where you were loading the taxi?

Ya, Police said to give it 3 days as airport security were closed??? then report it as stolen.

Sparky__H said:
Is it a store bought laptop with the licence key still on the base?

Yes, plain vanilla dell, came with home vista on it, I've probably got the full receipt on it in my email. What difference does it make, just curious?

benneh · 27 Feb 2010 at 20:06

mcast123 said:
I was helping load my stuff into the back of a taxi, we couldn't fit the stuff, turned back round 3 minutes later and it was gone.

3 mins is a long time to leave a lappy unattended dude. Especially in a busy place.

Never the less, unlucky bro

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asim18 · 27 Feb 2010 at 20:09

mcast123 said:
Ya, Police said to give it 3 days as airport security were closed??? then report it as stolen.

Airport security closed? Unbelievable! Sounds like they can't be bothered. 3 days and I'll already have been sold.
Which airport was it?

Burnsy2023 · 27 Feb 2010 at 20:10

wush said:
Surely the moral of the story is full disk encryption. Not that anyone can be arsed.

All my naughty stuff is encrypted on a USB stick, full disk encryption has proven to be a bit annoying when things go south. That said I don't have much I want to keep secret so it's not an issue.

bigjimmyauk · 27 Feb 2010 at 20:17

Burnsy2023 said:
All my naughty stuff is encrypted on a USB stick, full disk encryption has proven to be a bit annoying when things go south. That said I don't have much I want to keep secret so it's not an issue.

+1 apart from i usually use a DVD-R then drag to desktop then unencrypt i find usb key encription a bit slow TBH well my key anyway only 15mb read/7mbwrite

PapaLazaru · 27 Feb 2010 at 20:22

Nymins said:
Thief better share that video tbh.

Just keep an eye on youp**n for the next few days.

Infam0us · 27 Feb 2010 at 20:29

Begbie said:
Video is already on net, damn I would hit it!

idd

Dogoid · 27 Feb 2010 at 20:33

you left your laptop unattended? at a airport of all places. you are a very silly individual.

moawan · 27 Feb 2010 at 20:33

Infam0us said:
idd

link plz

Sparky__H · 27 Feb 2010 at 20:41

mcast123 said:
Yes, plain vanilla dell, came with home vista on it,
What difference does it make, just curious?

More smack money for the thief.

meghatronic · 27 Feb 2010 at 20:42

Obviously the most important question is if you have a backup of said video.

mrk · 27 Feb 2010 at 20:53

For a 2GB file the length of the video was cut rather short ¬_¬

HURRRRRRRRRRRRR.

Westyfield2 · 27 Feb 2010 at 21:00

Dogoid said:
you left your laptop unattended? at a airport of all places. you are a very silly individual.

Not really. I left my MacBook Pro unattended in an airport for 5-10 mins fine while I went to the loo and bar. Laptop was fully open on the table and just on the screensaver (but would have needed a password to resume), with my hand luggage bag next to the table. Came back 10 minutes later and it was exactly where I left it.

Granted this was the Concorde Lounge at Heathrow T5, but it's still an airport.

TheCenturion · 27 Feb 2010 at 21:02

mcast123 said:
Worst part is, there was a 2gb .mpg movie of my ex-gf doing naughty things on camera

Are you the guy with the tiny dong on a tube that's red?

Berserker · 27 Feb 2010 at 21:09

Westyfield2 said:
Granted this was the Concorde Lounge at Heathrow T5, but it's still an airport.

That'll be why then. I've left my laptop in an airport lounge for an hour or more before (although not on show).

Won't be much of use on my laptop when I take it on holiday. I reformatted it a month or so ago after the OS ate itself. Might be a forum password or two, I suppose.

xBLiNG · 27 Feb 2010 at 21:12

All user error really, don't leave expensive things unattended. Now... about this vid

pingwing · 27 Feb 2010 at 21:18

rover416i said:
Your ex is hot, cheers for the lappy.

Best first post of the year!

More importantly guh shouldn't leave your laptop untended or so insecure...

Apachegunface · 27 Feb 2010 at 21:19

In theory would it be possible to find out where the computer is if the thief connects to the internet somewhere and you have the windows vista cd key?

Sparky__H · 27 Feb 2010 at 21:25

Apachegunface said:
In theory would it be possible to find out where the computer is if the thief connects to the internet somewhere and you have the windows vista cd key?

with the right software but it's easily circumvented if you know its there.

asim18 · 27 Feb 2010 at 21:35

Apachegunface said:
In theory would it be possible to find out where the computer is if the thief connects to the internet somewhere and you have the windows vista cd key?

Yep, you could locate it to within a few meters at best.

Nothing to do with the CD key though. Just some software installed beforehand.