-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- 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. - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii Geiger Consulting Cooking With Warp 4.0 Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail. OS/2 PGP 2.6.3a at: http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii/pgpmr2.html - --------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: cp850 Comment: Registered_User_E-Secure_v1.1b1_ES000000 iQCVAwUBM59KoY9Co1n+aLhhAQEbLgP/f4DJARITmE0TH2A+unxHpXxLCOllQqCC rUOATCG215sy6hK4Wy9a3k9AP3T4nAG/JpzAjK0n6Dw4poJLpZXE2PvjU3JGA2bH vIXSjsBdecksFVFHwJyCKJTbds+TuUKwfRepyMRlhmg8cuJqh34XC037WRxPeE7s dk9fdmyr1wA= =XwvD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----