People who steal computer equipment, and probably just thieves in general, tend to be pretty dumb.
A friend of mine had his laptop stolen. A few days later, the thief fired up AOL Instant Messenger on the stolen laptop using my friend's screenname and started chatting, taunting him and so forth.
Well, my friend called AOL and the police. AOL cooperated, his IP address and other info was given to the police, the police found out where he was connecting from, and he was arrested. It turns out he was living in a house with 4 other people with arrest warrants.
A friend of mine had his laptop stolen. A few days later, the thief fired up AOL Instant Messenger on the stolen laptop using my friend's screenname and started chatting, taunting him and so forth.
Well, my friend called AOL and the police. AOL cooperated, his IP address and other info was given to the police, the police found out where he was connecting from, and he was arrested. It turns out he was living in a house with 4 other people with arrest warrants.