Might wanna rethink stealing a laptop again after seeing this

xman1102 · Post by **xman1102** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:39 pm

http://www.break.com/index/stolenlaptop.html

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:48 pm

Damn Skippy! That was great! lol..

But, my Uncle works on Black Op projects for the government and other companies as he is contracted to do so. And the stuff he works on is so top secret that he can't even take the data out of the building other than what's in his brain. So I don't see how if it was that valuable they'd be letting this guy walk around with it on his laptop. Kind of leads me to think it's a story to, which it would, scare the **** out of this guy. Hell, my Uncle can't even tell my aunt where he's going or what he's working on it's so big.. lol..

eGo

Busby · Post by **Busby** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:00 pm

eGo: It's called different levels of security clearance. Plus, nothing that the professor mentions is actually classified material. The first stuff is NIH (National Institute of Health) and is a federal division so that is why the FBI investigates. The 2nd type is just company info that when stolen is usually by another company so the FTC investigates. Anything dealing with pre-IPO financial stuff is SEC stuff.

But you are right, no data is allowed in or out of the buildings for CIA, NSA, or any other IC agency that handles classified info.

smb · Post by **smb** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:26 pm

if his data was that sensitive he was wrong to have it on a laptop. I'm sure with all those credentials he could figure out that laptops are stolen regularly, even more so on a college campus.

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:10 pm

the first point he mentioned was something like "redmond was very interested in knowing why the same windows install was in contact with them from two different locations".

i'm pretty sure at least that was bogus....

renovation · Post by **renovation** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:12 pm

Originally posted by b-man1
the first point he mentioned was something like "redmond was very interested in knowing why the same windows install was in contact with them from two different locations".

i'm pretty sure at least that was bogus....

im sure was speaking out his butt on this -but microsoft is interested on how many times a software been used . i take the fifth here but i know my last time i went to active my windows they sure had me on tape .and the 5 min activation took me over 1/2 hour with them setting up what ever equiment they wanted to use !

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:40 pm

right...but the way he said it...it implied MS was somehow monitoring every activated copy realtime...which isn't the case. still a good scare tactic speech though. some kid was probably filling his pants while listening. hahaha

tunis5000 · Post by **tunis5000** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:09 pm

he was full of BS and never got his lappy back

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22762

xman1102 · Post by **xman1102** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:22 pm

lol, thanks for that update. funny he still hasnt gotten it back after that spill

123cool · Post by **123cool** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:28 pm

yeah, kid probably realized that half of what he mentioned isnt true...