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Watch for my stolen ThinkPad T25

#1 Post by Bibin » Fri Jan 05, 2018 5:15 pm

Not sure where to post this, but my apartment was broken in to and a number of things were taken, including my ThinkPad T25, from the bay area in California, USA. If you see any for sale used, and without the box and all that, and would like to check if it might be mine, I can provide the serial number from my purchase to see if it is the same one.

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Re: Watch for my stolen ThinkPad T25

#2 Post by wujstefan » Fri Jan 05, 2018 5:28 pm

I'd hang the villain by the balls under my ceiling for such thing, really.

Hoping you get it back some way, and will let you know if anything pops out in there.
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Re: Watch for my stolen ThinkPad T25

#3 Post by ajkula66 » Fri Jan 05, 2018 9:42 pm

Very sorry to hear about the incident.

Check the pawn shops in your area, that would be my first thought.

Wishing you the best of luck with recovering everything.
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Re: Watch for my stolen ThinkPad T25

#4 Post by dr_st » Sat Jan 06, 2018 4:58 am

I kind of... don't know what to say. I really feel for you, Bibin.

Pawn shops, eBay, local Craiglists - I would check all of these periodically. Not just for the laptop, but some of the other things as well. Anything that pops up can lead to the thief.

Did you file a police report? Is there insurance?
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Re: Watch for my stolen ThinkPad T25

#5 Post by Thinkpad4by3 » Sat Jan 06, 2018 11:07 pm

wujstefan wrote:
Fri Jan 05, 2018 5:28 pm
I'd hang the villain by the balls under my ceiling for such thing, really.

Hoping you get it back some way, and will let you know if anything pops out in there.
Give him a taste of his own medicine. Give him a nice whack with a 600X!
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Re: Watch for my stolen ThinkPad T25

#6 Post by axur-delmeria » Sun Jan 07, 2018 1:42 am

Thinkpad4by3 wrote:
Sat Jan 06, 2018 11:07 pm
Give him a taste of his own medicine. Give him a nice whack with a 600X!
Or an IBM Model M keyboard! :twisted:
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#7 Post by madicetea » Sun Jan 07, 2018 4:26 am

This sounds like sound advice. Yet, violence is not the answer.
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Re: Watch for my stolen ThinkPad T25

#8 Post by Thinkpad4by3 » Sun Jan 07, 2018 6:37 pm

axur-delmeria wrote:
Sun Jan 07, 2018 1:42 am
Or an IBM Model M keyboard! :twisted:
IBM 5251 Beam Spring Terminal Keyboard! :twisted: A Model M is just child's play.
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Re: Watch for my stolen ThinkPad T25

#9 Post by Bibin » Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:21 pm

Sorry for not responding. Thank you for your sympathetic replies.

I called the police and filed a report immediately after noticing that the apartment had been compromised, and have filed a claim with my renter's insurance company. Hopefully, since I have the box, serial, and receipt from the TP256 purchase (among a few other things that were stolen) I can hopefully be covered by insurance.

I'm never getting my data back, but aside from some very small unpushed git changes and a medium-sized pile of reverse engineering notes, no precious files were lost. The laptop was not and will never be my main computer, so the data problems are limited to the change of them extracting passwords from the web browsing history. However, I am diligent on that front, and have changed my passwords and enabled two-factor auth for a number of important accounts. If the laptop was to contain more important or secure data, I would have considered encryption, but given its use case it was not used.

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Re: Watch for my stolen ThinkPad T25

#10 Post by dr_st » Mon Jan 08, 2018 2:25 pm

Bibin wrote:
Mon Jan 08, 2018 1:21 pm
I'm never getting my data back, but aside from some very small unpushed git changes and a medium-sized pile of reverse engineering notes, no precious files were lost. The laptop was not and will never be my main computer, so the data problems are limited to the change of them extracting passwords from the web browsing history. However, I am diligent on that front, and have changed my passwords and enabled two-factor auth for a number of important accounts. If the laptop was to contain more important or secure data, I would have considered encryption, but given its use case it was not used.
I haven't had a laptop stolen from me yet, but even before your story, I've met enough people who had it happen to them, so I decided to set up the BIOS Hard Drive (ATA) password on all of them. Assuming the laptop is off (or hibernated) when it's jacked, only the most skilled and determined thief will be able to get through to the data, and people who opportunistically rob apartments are typically not in that category, so at least I don't worry about private data leaking.

When leaving for a day or more, I usually try to keep my laptops locked in the docking stations. The dock itself is not chained to anything, so it's possible of course to pick it up with the machine, but that will deter some thieves, at least.

I don't bother to do anything to the desktops, because no one will take a desktop; at least not the type of thieves who operate in this area. Honestly, most of them would probably not touch my Thinkpads either, since they look like old crap (the TP25 would be an exception, though).

Edit: and good luck with the insurance claim!
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Re: Watch for my stolen ThinkPad T25

#11 Post by CrazyTPFan » Wed Oct 24, 2018 8:28 pm

Thinkpad4by3 wrote:
Sat Jan 06, 2018 11:07 pm
Give him a taste of his own medicine. Give him a nice whack with a 600X!
Even better, Hit him over the head with a R52! That ought to make him fall right to sleep :twisted:.

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Re: Watch for my stolen ThinkPad T25

#12 Post by TheForgottenKing » Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:05 am

Give him a G40 beating
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Re: Watch for my stolen ThinkPad T25

#13 Post by Thinkpad4by3 » Thu Oct 25, 2018 10:09 am

Fine if we're going by weight? IBM 5100. HAHA. 50lb steel brick, I win. I challenge anyone to find a heavier portable machine.
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Re: Watch for my stolen ThinkPad T25

#14 Post by wujstefan » Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:09 pm

Check for the post date guys.

I guess the grief is long gone.
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Re: Watch for my stolen ThinkPad T25

#15 Post by Thinkpad4by3 » Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:13 pm

wujstefan wrote:
Thu Oct 25, 2018 2:09 pm
Check for the post date guys.

I guess the grief is long gone.
That's what I thought too but whatever, I replied anyway.
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Re: Watch for my stolen ThinkPad T25

#16 Post by iamdmc » Sat Oct 27, 2018 5:27 pm

madicetea wrote:
Sun Jan 07, 2018 4:26 am
dr_st wrote:
Sat Jan 06, 2018 4:58 am
Did you file a police report? Is there insurance?
While you (like I) don't have insurance for most of your computers (unless it's a part of your Home Insurance - maybe check into that) there is a need to file a police report.

There's been no response yet far from you about this, but you should file one when you get the chance to. Good luck.
Agreed with this sentiment. I'll keep an eye out in the UK in case it gets this far away

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