Track down your stolen laptop with Prey

Lugh_Chronain

I discovered this yesterday and thought I’d post it here rather than on the freebies board so you can comment about it at will.

Prey is a lightweight application that will help you track and find your laptop if it ever gets stolen. It works in all operating systems and not only is it Open Source but also completely free.

Prey helps you locate your missing laptop by sending timed reports with a bunch of information of its whereabouts. This includes the general status of the computer, a list of running programs and active connections, fully-detailed network and wifi information, a screenshot of the running desktop and — in case your laptop has an integrated webcam — a picture of the thief.

Prey uses a remote activation system which means the program sits silently in your computer until you actually want it to run. If so, it gathers all the information and sends it to your Prey web control panel or directly to your mailbox. The thief will never know his movements are being watched.

To find out more http://preyproject.com/

Marty_J

Reminds me of the woman who got her stolen MacBook back by remotely using its iSight camera to take a photo of the thief.

Lugh_Chronain

Oh yeah, I remember that! Fantastic!

isofa

I assume this link was supposed to go with the post: http://preyproject.com/

Lugh_Chronain

isofa wrote: »

I assume this link was supposed to go with the post: http://preyproject.com/

Well, err, you could say that.

Lugh_Chronain wrote: »

To find out more click on the icon

isofa

Lugh_Chronain wrote: »

Well, err, you could say that.

back at ya!

No icon showing on my screen - hence my post. But I don't have avatars on... There is no link in your post, visible to me with high security settings...

Just to quote your entire post to show what I (and many others would see):

Lugh_Chronain wrote: »

I discovered this yesterday and thought I’d post it here rather than on the freebies board so you can comment about it at will.

Prey is a lightweight application that will help you track and find your laptop if it ever gets stolen. It works in all operating systems and not only is it Open Source but also completely free.

Prey helps you locate your missing laptop by sending timed reports with a bunch of information of its whereabouts. This includes the general status of the computer, a list of running programs and active connections, fully-detailed network and wifi information, a screenshot of the running desktop and — in case your laptop has an integrated webcam — a picture of the thief.

Prey uses a remote activation system which means the program sits silently in your computer until you actually want it to run. If so, it gathers all the information and sends it to your Prey web control panel or directly to your mailbox. The thief will never know his movements are being watched.

To find out more click on the icon

verbyl.belch

Thanks for the link - the site is down at the moment. I remember that macbook/iSight/webcam story too, really cool.

isofa wrote: »

back at ya!

No icon showing on my screen - hence my post. But I don't have avatars on... There is no link in your post, visible to me with high security settings...

Yup, you're not going mad, no icon for me either. :rolleyes:

Lugh_Chronain

Sorry, I never thought of that. I'll know better next time.