Related link: http://www.macscripter.net/unscripted.html

“A fantastic story of how AppleScript helped keep sensitive data from the prying eyes of a thief and helped recover a stolen iMac. (Compiled from a thread at Google’s UseNet Groups archive.)” Timbuktu, findme.netopia.com, AppleScript “suicide code”, a cross-ISP pursuit, caller-id sniffing, and a band of alt.comp.lang.applescript good-samaritans — all the makings of fine geek thriller!