A stolen SideKick turns into vigilante justice- Internet style. This is very much like the guy who bought the bum laptop from a fellow on eBay and started pushing out pictures, many of the seedy sort, that he had left on the drive when the guy refused to correct the transaction. It has turned into a major fiasco for the fellow…I mean really embarrassing.

From the Stolen SideKick Site

I have found 8 cell phones in the last couple years in taxis.  EVERY single one I have contacted the owner (by leaving a message on their voice mail or by answering their phone and telling their friends that I have the phone) and returned it promptly.  When people have found my phone, they have also in turn returned it. 

When my friend realized that she had left the Sidekick in the taxi she asked me to immediately send a message to the phone saying that we would give a reward for the phone.  There was no response.  After a day of waiting, she had to go to the store and spend over $300 on a new Sidekick.  When she put her SIM card in, she saw that the person(s) that had taken the phone had not only signed on to AOL leaving their name and password in the phone, but they had taken pictures of themselves

Given my latest run-ins with the YapBrowser thugs in my professional work, I am not the least bit shocked at people’s absurdity. Then even defaced PaperGhost’s Wikipedia page within minutes of my entry, but left Brian Krebs of the Washington Post alone.

/ Awards 5000 Cool Points to PG for Getting Defaced

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