Remote access helps catch laptop thief

New York man Jose Caceras had his laptop stolen recently after leaving it on top of his car while carrying things into his house.

The White Plains police have now arrested a 34-year-old male and charged him with grand larceny after Caceras used a remote access program to log on every day and watch what the thief was using the computer for.

Remote access programs are usually used so that an owner can access the files on their own computer by using another. Caceras was able to log on an watch a live stream of how the thief was using his computer - which was mostly for accessing pornography.

The thief then unsuspectingly entered his name and address when registering a new account on a website and police were able to arrest him in a matter of hours.

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