Burglar taunts victim on Facebook

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#1 Mystery_Writer
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A woman from Hove, East Sussex, was burgled last week by a man so odious he used her stolen laptop to taunt his victim on her own Facebook page.

Victoria Richardson, 42, lost her Tosh laptop and other possessions in the burglary, including current swag bag favourites an Iphone and a Nintendo DS games handheld, along with her purse containing cash and debit cards.

If that wasn't bad enough the burglar then logged into her Facebook account using the laptop and left several gittish messages including "on my new laptop" and "Listening to music on my new phone feels so good."

Further demonstrating what an intelligent and discerning young man he is, the burglar added, "I have the laptop, phones ok but a bit scratched itll sic do, tv was rubbish so I left it, ds was a bonus, now to the porn shop, thankyou toshiba is my favourite make. regards your night time burglar".

A spokeswoman for Sussex Police told reporters, "Being burgled is traumatic enough for any family but for the culprit to apparently use their stolen possessions to publicly gloat over the crime is a sinister twist. As with all burglaries we are taking the matter seriously and a thorough investigation is under way to bring this offender to justice."

Presumably just before they sent the burglar a friend request

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Though a bit off topic, but how many of you select the auto-login option (or save password in browser) when accessing your email / facebook / twitter / gamespot etc.. accounts?

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Can't they now trace the IP and find out who it is? I don't use auto login for any of my accounts.
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#3 FragStains
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I don't. A password take 3 seconds to type...would you risk defamation of character for three seconds of your life?
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[QUOTE="Engrish_Major"]Can't they now trace the IP and find out who it is? I don't use auto login for any of my accounts.

I was about to ask that as well.
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#5 Ragnarok1051
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I never have my passwords saved. I only have my username saved so I don't have to type it in.

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I don't. A password take 3 seconds to type...would you risk defamation of character for three seconds of your life?FragStains
Auto-login is safer than typing in your password bro. Unless you expect strangers to wander into your house and type on your facebook page.
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[QUOTE="Engrish_Major"]Can't they now trace the IP and find out who it is? .

If he used one of the millions of free wifi hotspots around the world, it won't do much good.
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I don't. A password take 3 seconds to type...would you risk defamation of character for three seconds of your life?FragStains
yes. i couldn't give a **** about "defamation of character" via myspace :|
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#9 Jfisch93
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What an ass.

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#11 dan-rofl-copter
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I always have passwords saved etc, I think that is quite funny, I am sure that they can trace the IP etc and find the burglar.

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#12 KHAndAnime
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[QUOTE="Engrish_Major"]Can't they now trace the IP and find out who it is? I don't use auto login for any of my accounts.STurn21

They can, but it doesn't always work. My IP traces to Witchitaw, Kansas. I live at least 1000 miles away from there.

That's not the method the cops would use to do it. I'm pretty sure they contact the ISP and get person's location from them. But as pointed out earlier - if this burglar was using someone else's Wi-fi, then there's nothing anybody can do.
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Can't they now trace the IP and find out who it is?Engrish_Major
apparently that works only against RIAA & MPAA burglars
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Can't they now trace the IP and find out who it is? I don't use auto login for any of my accounts.Engrish_Major

yeah anyway, it's not that complicated.

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i actually think he's gone styIe D: lol
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Can't they now trace the IP and find out who it is? I don't use auto login for any of my accounts.Engrish_Major

My thoughts exactly.

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Can't they now trace the IP and find out who it is? I don't use auto login for any of my accounts.Engrish_Major
yea this, it shouldnt be to hards to find the guy should it :?
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#18 deactivated-5d6e91f5c147a
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The burglar wouldn't be able to access my laptop as it requires a log in, password or fingerprint. So unless he robbed my hand as well, he's out of luck.
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I never have passwords saved.
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[QUOTE="Engrish_Major"]Can't they now trace the IP and find out who it is? I don't use auto login for any of my accounts.-Russ93

yeah anyway, it's not that complicated.

Agreed.
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[QUOTE="Engrish_Major"]Can't they now trace the IP and find out who it is? I don't use auto login for any of my accounts.Wolls
yea this, it shouldnt be to hards to find the guy should it :?

Probably, the only thing is if he has a dynamic IP.

And if Facebook is willing to allow such a thing.

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#22 blingchu55
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Chances are he was smart enough to use it from a coffe shop or something

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Charming fellow.
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#24 Ragnarok1051
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Why don't they trace the phone he stole?

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#25 Dman0017
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its because of crap like this that i make my computer a real pain to get onto.