Xbox Thief Nabbed By Playing Online

[Noone From Nowhere]

This is why having Mega-Corporation monitor your playing habits is a good thing(when law-abiding folks consent to it, of course)!

This reminds me of how my mother got back her car(or what was left of it after the police chase)due to ONStar watching with its eye in the sky at all times. Too bad that the old version couldn't actually prevent the theft.

 

[Noone From Nowhere]

What makes me curious is this...

Why don't companies pirate out their own software with a small addition - A tracking code that alerts the company of the IP address of any user running their software illegally?

Isn't that entrapment(aka schmuck bait)?

 

[dalek sec]

*Laughs* What a dumb ass, hope he enjoys jail.

 

[dietpeachsnapple]

Hmmm...

It might depend on the method of 'pirating.' If they placed it on pirate bay and posted links on other sites, I would say so. If they did it in smaller venues and did it quietly, maybe not.

Another idea might be to implant a few different viruses into the software and watch the people squirm because they couldn't report foul play without revealing their pirating activities.

 

[Altorin]

How did the kid know that his xbox was online?

Was the thief using the kid's gamertag?

Because if he was, THAT would be pretty stupid. "Check it out man, I stole this xbox, and this kid has like 30,000 achievement points.. I'm totally keeping this gamertag"

On top of that, the cops can track your IP address by your gamertag? Serious? That seems odd in itself.

Hmmm...

It might depend on the method of 'pirating.' If they placed it on pirate bay and posted links on other sites, I would say so. If they did it in smaller venues and did it quietly, maybe not.

Another idea might be to implant a few different viruses into the software and watch the people squirm because they couldn't report foul play without revealing their pirating activities.

didn't the Arkham Asylum people do that? they released a Pirated version of the game where batman couldn't glide.

 

[MariaAuditore]

What idiot would actually type their IP adress into a stolen Xbox... that's just sad.

 

[FROGGEman2]

Wait... so... people... actually look like that?

Woah, I thought that was just a stereotype.

~snip~

Huh! That's my Steam name! ~high fivez!~

 

[Eric the Orange]

Ah, stupid criminal stories always put a smile on my face.

Seriously man, if you've stolen all that stuff you should know the first rule of stealing. Pawn it off and take the cash. You don't keep it around so the cops can see you using it.

 

[Radelaide]

At Grandma's house. Must have been one funny arrest.

Grandma, what big handcuffs you have!

 

[Femaref]

What idiot would actually type their IP adress into a stolen Xbox... that's just sad.

You don't type your IP into something, it gets assigned to you by your internet service provider (ISP). It can be traced to you by setting time and ip in context to each other - the kid saw his tag online, informed the police, they talked to MS, got the IP, police went to ISP and got the name of the owner of the IP at that time -> gotcha.

 

[internetzealot1]

Dumbass. You sell the goods, you don't use them.

 

[brunothepig]

Epic fail. So so stupid.

 

[Galad]

So..it's ok to show his pic on the Internet? I'm guessing it's different in my country but whenever I see, for example, criminals shown on TV in court, their faces are pixelated, so their identity can't be easily guessed..

 

[thisisyournamenow]

i hope he gets punished

 

[MariaAuditore]

Lolz thanks for the explanation got that one wrong... but still why would you use a stolen Xbox, why didn't he just sell it?

 

[Altorin]

So..it's ok to show his pic on the Internet? I'm guessing it's different in my country but whenever I see, for example, criminals shown on TV in court, their faces are pixelated, so their identity can't be easily guessed..

In america, if you have a reality show based around criminals, you need to get them to sign releases to have their faces appear on television, although often their names are displayed.

Also, if any offender is a minor, their identity is protected by the police. However, adult offender's names and pictures are often released, even on television news shows, and almost always on the internet.

 

[Ninonybox_v1legacy]

still think video games are bad jack tompson?....well suck on that

 

[jimduckie]

gee if the thief wanted a job instead of stealing ... the us military is hiring