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Stolen Laptop Self-Uploads Photo of Suspect to Web

by Terrence O'Brien on September 27, 2007 at 02:07 PM

Stolen Laptop Self-Uploads Photo of Suspect to Web

Look at that face. That's the face of some poor sap who is either the unluckiest thief ever, or a guy who keeps some really bad company. His misadventure began when one of five Mac laptops stolen from the offices of a Vancouver, BC-based Web startup landed in his hands.

WorkSpaces -- the victim company -- had used this particular laptop as a photo booth for its online guest book hosted at photo-sharing behemoth, Flickr. The Mac had been rigged up with Flickrbooth, an application that can be set up to automatically upload photos to Flickr when they're taken by the laptop's built-in iSight Web cam. After the robbery of the WorkSpaces offices, this photo suddenly appeared on the company's Flickr site. When WorkSpaces realized that this mystery man was in all likelihood the same person who'd knocked off their property, the self-produced Wanted poster began making its rounds on Flickr, and then the blogosphere. In no time, this guy was an Internet celebrity.

With nowhere to run, the unnamed man appeared at a Vancouver police station with laptop in tow. He claims he bought the laptop from a friend who'd bought it from another friend, and was unaware that is was stolen. At this time, no charges have been filed, but the matter is under investigation according to authorities.

This guy is a shoe-in for the 2007 Darwin Awards if there ever was one.

From Boing Boing

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