People who buy steeply discounted electronics from shady people at gas stations know what they're buying - they think it's stolen. Buying stolen goods is no different than stealing it yourself, so this woman, and anyone else who gets taken like this, is getting exactly what they deserve. No sympathy here.

I also recommend doing this for ex-girlfriends. Don't angrily delete them from your contacts!

Same here haha

I'm a web developer ;)

The Political Wire links should probably be to this: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/11/07/romneys_transition_site.html

Same thing happened to me, but back in August. I'm extremely careful with my passwords, it definitely wasn't phished. I'm very careful what apps I authorize (and they wouldn't be able to access my password anyway).

Because that's more work and would require the installation of additional hardware on a device that a maid sees regularly in the course of her work and would likely notice.

I used to look down on blackberries after going through two generations of them and eventually jumping ship a few years ago, but I just handled a new one recently and they're actually pretty nice. They've gotten really small, and unbelievably light. They're still plagued by a subpar OS, though.

omg, that's genius! I have to go back to college just to do this.

Except when it comes to maps.

Wasn't defaulted to off for me.

Assuming the network has access to the Internet, why not just transfer the dump periodically to some offsite location?

George taught me how to look busy a long time ago.

This one is a little more devious (and a bit more advanced), but it actually got me (and the entire class) out of class a few times when the professor had to cancel class because he had no idea what was going on. I had a lot of fun that semester. This works best in a computer lab:

Yup! That's the best part. Unlike other pranks, this one sticks between reboots. Unlimited fun!

hehe I know! I'd watch professors click around for ridiculous amounts of time, sometimes never figuring it out.

I used to love doing this to professors at school:

Are you sure that's what they make, or are you saying that because that's what minimum wage is?

But it'd probably be free.

Code is legible on paper, too. Or, to be more realistic, an old 486 laptop.