Modern technology makes it much easier to find people who are lost. We have GPS on our phones and use geo-tagging services on social networks like Facebook and Twitter. We even check in to places using Foursquare. Needless to say, our digital footprint is probably much larger than we imagine, which is why it’s not completely surprising that this laptop thief from Kentucky had his plans ruined when GPS and Facebook lead police right to his door.

On Tuesday night, police received a report about a laptop that had been stolen at the Kentucky Fair and Expo Center. What the thief didn’t expect was that the owner was completely prepared for such an event. His computer was equipped with GPS tracking and the ability to monitor what was happening on the computer’s screen even if he wasn’t around the computer.

Police used the GPS to lead them to the thief’s address, which was confirmed when police discovered that the victim could see the suspects name – Alton C. Guntzviller. The suspect had logged into his Facebook account from the stolen computer and not only did police learn his name and home address, but they discovered that he was a security guard at the Kentucky Fair and Expo Center.

Police found 47-year-old Guntzviller outside of his home and he immediately admitted to taking the laptop. He’s since been charged with theft.

This isn’t the first time a case like this has happened. An ex-FBI employee who had his laptop swiped during the London riots used similar monitoring software to discover the name of the thief when he logged into Facebook. Police were immediately able to find the man’s home address. In March, an 18-year-old got back at the thief of his laptop without the help of police when he used a cloud backup system to retrieve data from his computer. He found that the thief had taken a video of himself embarrassingly dancing and the 18-year-old posted it to YouTube as revenge. He got his computer back shortly thereafter.