Good security idea for your laptop

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alanthemanc
alanthemanc Bots Posts: 512
edited 17. Feb 2012, 10:37 in Community Chit-chat archive
I saw an article in the Sunday Times regarding a student who had her laptop nicked in a burglary.
Anyway, she had downloaded a system called Prey ( free I think ), and where-ever the laptop goes, it can be tracked, and if the webcam is switched on, can even monitor who is using it, and they might not even know they are being watched....... cool eh.
I just thought it might be of use to you on here. Alanthemanc

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  • alanthemanc
    alanthemanc Bots Posts: 512
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    No Probs Del
    In that Times article, it said that the burglar who nicked the students laptop was watching something after midnight on it, fell asleep, and the cops just walked in and arested him after seeing his face on the webcam.
    Bobs your uncle.... worth a look anyway. Alanthemanc
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 29,428
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Nice one Alan!
  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    why do they never tell us lol
    val
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    innit grand getting old? Lol
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  • Colin1
    Colin1 Member Posts: 1,769
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Great stuff it can only be a good thing.
    Colin
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  • prefabkid47
    prefabkid47 Member Posts: 1,316
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    valval wrote:
    why do they never tell us lol

    they probably do but our hearing isn't what it was.......... :(
    ''Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy''. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)