This happened to me too, at the Panera Bread near Northeastern a couple of weeks ago. I set my bag by my feet, and someone very literally snuck up behind me and spirited it away, right in the middle of the early-afternoon cafe crowd. You just can't be too careful.
Please report the theft to the police, if you have not already done so; every little piece of data helps.
And this is probably too late to be helpful this time, but worth noting: I ended up getting my laptop back because of backup software installed on it. When the thief wiped my account and made a new one, I was able to browse through all the files subsequently created, and update the police. Full story here. (http://prog.livejournal.com/983354.html)
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Date: 2011-11-15 04:25 am (UTC)Please report the theft to the police, if you have not already done so; every little piece of data helps.
And this is probably too late to be helpful this time, but worth noting: I ended up getting my laptop back because of backup software installed on it. When the thief wiped my account and made a new one, I was able to browse through all the files subsequently created, and update the police. Full story here. (http://prog.livejournal.com/983354.html)