smokeeater405
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I am wondering if anyone is/was/has used Prey, the free open source lojack type software for computers? I am evaluating it and will post afterwards.
Prey, for stolen laptops...??
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smokeeater405
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So I installed it on my wife's laptop, went into the web portal and told the software to activate the "Alert", which pops up a message on your desktop with any message you want. Rebooted and within 30 seconds the message popped up. I plan to install this on all my customers computers from now on and advise them on how to use it.
So I installed it on my wife's laptop, went into the web portal and told the software to activate the "Alert", which pops up a message on your desktop with any message you want. Rebooted and within 30 seconds the message popped up. I plan to install this on all my customers computers from now on and advise them on how to use it.
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Never used Prey before as I'm checking out their website now. At work, my company uses majority Thinkpad 400's and 410's. There are equipped with LoJack. LoJack is pretty cool but they have some flaws in their software.
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Works real good, providing the thief is stupid (most are, but you get a clever one sometimes). 
As long as the person uses the machine "as is" and doesn't do a wipe and reinstall of OS (or just browses processes to find Prey and kills it), eventually you may get enough info to have the police be able to put the arm on 'em.
I looked at the Pro version, it looks like it would be more appropriate to our line of work, although I think you'd have to make policies determining who can install it, who knows you installed it, and who has access to logon and generate / view reports....
The only big issue I see deploying Prey across an enterprise is the possibility for the abuse of privacy ala Geek Squad fiasco, via taking snapshots, tracking employee locations and the like.
As long as the person uses the machine "as is" and doesn't do a wipe and reinstall of OS (or just browses processes to find Prey and kills it), eventually you may get enough info to have the police be able to put the arm on 'em.
I looked at the Pro version, it looks like it would be more appropriate to our line of work, although I think you'd have to make policies determining who can install it, who knows you installed it, and who has access to logon and generate / view reports....
The only big issue I see deploying Prey across an enterprise is the possibility for the abuse of privacy ala Geek Squad fiasco, via taking snapshots, tracking employee locations and the like.
