From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@amaranth.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 09:04:24 +0800
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Re: [CNN] Stolen Laptops and lame 'solution'
Message-ID: <199706120058.TAA11167@mailhub.amaranth.com>
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In <199706112341.QAA05443@mat.wcs.net>, on 06/11/97 
   at 05:22 PM, "Raymond Mereniuk" <raymond@wcs.net> said:

>I assume most notebooks which are recovered are found to be in the  hands
>of a buyer rather than the person responsible for the actual  theft. 
>But, the eventual buyer is indirectly responsible for the  initial theft
>of the notebook.

How is the buyer responsible even indirectly?

Someone puts an add in the paper NEC Laptop $1,500. I go and check it out
and buy it. Should it be my respocibility to call NEC over in Japan and
find out if it was reported stolen (if they even keep such records).
Should I have to call the manufacture every time I buy a some used
equipment? Perhaps I should have a background check done before I buy
anything.

If anyone is responcible for the theft other than the theif is the person
who was so carless with their equipment.

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