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Why did he blur out the guy's google username?

• phxrsng 15y ago
  Seems to me it could be he doesn't want anyone emailing the guy and tipping him off that the owner knows who has it and that the app is tracking the laptop until it can be recovered. Its unlikely that any of the guys friends read HN, but its not that unlikely that some idiot seeing the blog post would send some email to the guy that would alert him.
• ltamake 15y ago
  I have no idea. Maybe he thinks the guy deserves /some/ privacy (as this gets spread, people would be tempted to spam the e-mail). :P
  • michaels0620 15y ago
    More likely that he wouldn't want someone emailing the person telling him that he is being tracked.
    • jessedhillon 15y ago
      Also: he may not be the thief, just someone who bought from the thief and perhaps did not know it was stolen.
  • hyperbovine 15y ago
    C'mon, he posted the guy's photo. More likely it's so that people wouldn't e-mail him and tip him off.