Thief Steals Laptop, Returns Data on USB Stick

[Catalyst6]

Heh, Arsene Lupin would have been proud.

 

[The Random One]

That's a movie right there.

 

[kjh242]

hum... actually i'm a bit more frightened now. It means that thieves are either somehow becoming considerate (as the article states) or that thievery has become more and more of a game for them.

 

[Zelbio]

A weird little story with mixed feelings about this.
I guess in the end, I'd appreciate the fact that the data was returned.
Pissed of that the laptop was taken but they're replaceable. The data could not be.
Not sure what to think...

 

[Turbo_Destructor]

I love it! the thief's like "Sorry about this dude, its nothing personal, I just really need a laptop".

But lets not forget that he did still steal the guys laptop - and his very generous returning of the data does not fully absolve him

 

[Firia]

about two weeks ago I found a laptop at my school (college). It was sitting there, alone in a dark room late at night. Late as in, there are 5 students in the entire school. I could have taken that laptop. It could have been mine repercussion free. There were no cameras, and the last class in the day was out at 6pm or so. So there's no telling which student could have made off with it.

What did I do? I turned it into the lap monitor one floor up. yes, I thought about taking it. I stood there a solid minute thinking about it. Times have been hard for me. I couldn't bare the idea of making life hard ($2000 hard) on someone else.

 

[LtFerret]

Honor among thieves?
In this day and age?

I'm suprised, i mean he is still a criminal but at least he isn't a total ass

 

[Evilsanta]

Well this has brighten up my day a little bit. A thief with honer...

Any thing can happen i guess.

 

[Eponet]

about two weeks ago I found a laptop at my school (college). It was sitting there, alone in a dark room late at night. Late as in, there are 5 students in the entire school. I could have taken that laptop. It could have been mine repercussion free. There were no cameras, and the last class in the day was out at 6pm or so. So there's no telling which student could have made off with it.

What did I do? I turned it into the lap monitor one floor up. yes, I thought about taking it. I stood there a solid minute thinking about it. Times have been hard for me. I couldn't bare the idea of making life hard ($2000 hard) on someone else.

I would have just backed up the data onto a USB stick and then taken the stick, which would have likely sat around doing nothing because I never have the motivation to poke them. >_>

 

[Raykuza]

This is definitely a fresh computer theft story. The last one I heard involved some dumbass who stole a monitor and left the tower.

 

[DayDark]

You have rolled...

UNLAWFUL GOOD

The thief must be Unlawfully Good, He's still a thief, but that he went out of his way to get the data back, not even a neutral thief would have done that, too much energy and risk.

 

[Sun Flash]

Best. Robbery. Ever!

well not really, the guy is still 600 odd Euros down, which sucks but at least he got the irreplaceable stuff back. If my laptop got stolen, I'd be happy to at least get my Hard Drive's worth back.

Is it wrong that (a relatively expensive) theft is warming the cockles of my heart?

 

[Sun Flash]

Thieves now wear top hats and monocles.

Or at the very least, a suave fedora or trilby.

Yahtzee?! [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/content/games/yahtzee/artoftheft]

I think we've found our thief.

 

[Warped_Ghost]

Criminals with class are awsome.

 

[Sansha]

I've stolen computers before, and I've done this - for some people. Think of me as karma's angel.

 

[Nin9Worlds]

You have rolled...

The thief must be Unlawfully Good, He's still a thief, but that he went out of his way to get the data back, not even a neutral thief would have done that, too much energy and risk.

Couldn't resist...

 

[Th37thTrump3t]

U no... My friend stole a laptop bout a month ago... He would have gotten away with it too. But he forgot the power cord. So he went back in to get it and guess what happened... He got his ass caught. XD This made me think of that.