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World's Most Considerate Computer Thief Backs Up Victim's Data And Mails It to Him

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
October 19, 2010
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Submitted by Hank on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 11:32
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When a professor at Sweden's Umea University had his computer stolen, he was devastated by the loss of his data more than anything. But a week after the theft, he got a package in the mail: A USB drive.

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