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| Doh! : Harry Potter Leaker Forgets to Remove EXIF Data from Photos. [PIC] |
| 2007-07-19 |
| Interesting if true, a certain J.K. Rowlings would like to speak to you. The guy who took pictures of the stolen Harry Potter book and put them on the net forgot to remove the EXIF data which contains the serial number of his Canon camera which means he can be traced back. |
| Posted by:Delphi |
| #7 Or, the perp could have altered this info when the deed was done. JK might spend her money for naught.... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2007-07-19 23:27 |
| #6 From a different article somewhere, a Canon rep says, since it is an older camera, if it was sent in for service or cleaning, they could match the serial number with the repair order and the owner at the time. Another possibly lead is if someone sent in a registration card. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-07-19 21:03 |
| #5 For that brief period I worked for minimum wage at that wonderful, terribly expensive jewelry store, we always attached the sales tag to the store copy of the receipt, so the accountant would know which piece of inventory was sold for that amount of money, as we almost never sold anything for the listed price. Would a camera store or even a big box like Best Buy do something similar? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-07-19 20:48 |
| #4 And JKR has a few hundred million bucks with which to go after that loser. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-07-19 20:37 |
| #3 "who his identity"? Man, I need a nap. |
| Posted by: Army Life 2007-07-19 20:07 |
| #2 They know what store it went to but he would have to register it for them to know who his identity. |
| Posted by: Army Life 2007-07-19 20:06 |
| #1 How would they know which camera was sold to which person? |
| Posted by: gromky 2007-07-19 15:43 |