21 days ago
philgyford : Hidden - Apple Mac theft recovery for just $20 - Annoyingly lower-cased, but sounds good, and cheap. (via Preoccupations)
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Rod Begbie : douglas coupland rips off the earth sandwhich - This is depressing. Douglas Coupland pinches one of the genius pieces of community building from Ze Frank's The Show, the "earth sandwich". [via] #
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nelson : ATM skimmers - Fascinating fraud: thin electronics shims steal ATM card stripes and your PIN code
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nelson : Diamond heist - Fun article about diamond thieves
Andy Baio : Wired's untold story of the world's largest diamond heist - after six years in prison, the mastermind told Joshua Davis his story for the first time
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nelson : aXXo profile - Great article about the movie pirating scene
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deusx : Police: Man Stole Miami-Dade Buses, Drove Them On Routes - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville - "Harris would take the buses from several Miami-Dade Transit bus depots in the county and drive the buses on their routes, picking up and dropping off passengers along the way. He would then return the buses at the end of the day. Police said Harris
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20 month ago
deusx : Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops - "Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service."
mmb : Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops - Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops via deusx’s favorites on del.icio.us [via]
Rod Begbie : Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops - Open-source app which logs your laptop's network location (and optionally a snapshot from the webcam) to a DHT distributed database at irregular intervals. [via] #
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23 month ago
deusx : Use your MacBook camera to see who's using your laptop | FlatulentFish - "Dylan O'Donnel published a simple method to capture a user's picture using the MacBook's built-in camera when a user logs in."
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25 month ago
Andy Baio : Evil Gmail backup software charged $30 to steal your password - the SEO scumbag's app sent every user's credentials to his own hardcoded Gmail account
factoryjoe : Coding Horror: A Question of Programming Ethics - Why you shouldn't give your username and password to third party apps! Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: oauth, gmail, security
nelson : G-Archiver theft - Some jerk sells a program that steals your gmail password
Rod Begbie : A Question of Programming Ethics - Pretty much inevitable -- An app that asked for your GMail username & password was harvesting them. One point to the "Why we need OAuth" party. [via] #
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30 month ago
nelson : Halo 3 leaked - Requires a modded XBox; I see a couple thousand downloaders on mininova
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30 month ago
philgyford : Orbicule | Undercover | F.A.Q. - Fascinating software and service to help trace your Mac if it's stolen. Even sounds vaguely feasible. (via Daring Fireball)
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37 month ago
deusx : Wired 15.03: PLAY - Did Timbaland Do It? - "Janne “Tempest” Suni claims the melody for “Do It,” a Timbaland-helmed track on Nelly Furtado’s 2006 platinum smash Loose, was filched from a chiptune he recorded in 2000."
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41 month ago
43folders : 3 Liter ExtremeGulp Mod - Beverage hacks. Dremel out cup insulation to double your refill-ability and put it to "The Man." [via Jeff Linn]
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42 month ago
Cameron Moll : On the issue of Falkner Winery - Airbag: Scab. "Look, design doesn't just happen. It's a process of creation and deconstruction that can take days-to-months before every element, color, and bit of typography is in the right place. [...] When someone 'borrows' my work s/he is cheating bec
tjogin : Greg Storey on design theft - "Look, design doesn't just happen. It's a process of creation and deconstruction that can take days-to-months before every element, color, and bit of typography is in the right place."
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