There have been happy stories about people having their laptops stolen and then activating their cameras remotely to catch the thieves.

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"The FUW is urging everyone to be vigilant for any suspicious activity in the countryside and to use the latest camera phone technology in a bid to help the police catch the thieves, " he said.

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If they are criminal things...no defiantly, we will help the police, and we need police to help us to catch some of the thieves on the web.

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It's the ejector seat, however, that will really catch would-be thieves attention, self-armed and rigged to go off if unapproved cheeks make contact (as shown in the video below).

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