Published: 2013 April 12 10:56:43 (5330 Views)

A victim of burglary is faced with a constant reminder of the day his laptop and tablet were stolen from his north London flat.

An app installed in his MacBook Pro has tracked the device down and is beaming images back to him of its new owner – in Iran.

Dom Del Torto can only watch as his device secretly captures a mystery woman going about her daily life 4,800km (3,000 miles) away in the country's capital Tehran.

'I was very surprised, to say the least, when I found out my laptop was in Iran,' said the 41-year-old designer and director.

The app, called Hidden, orders the laptop's built-in camera to take pictures of anyone using it.

The device was stolen in February but the software has just alerted Mr Del Torto that it is being used again. 'I was upset when I was burgled, knowing that someone has been on your property but they only took the two devices, so I suppose it could have been worse,' he said.

'But it's actually quite nice to be able to see what's happened to them. I'm also interested to know how it got from Holloway to Iran.'

Sadly, Mr Del Torto is powerless to recover the laptop. 'I told the Islington burglary squad but they laughed down the phone,' he said. 'Iran's also not the most attractive place to go to with a tenuous legal dispute.'

In the meantime, he's left in limbo as his laptop continues to snap life in Iran. 'It would be really nice if they could return it, although they're probably not aware it's stolen,' he added.

- Metro

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