Prey is a lightweight opensource program that will help you track and find your laptop or your android phone if it ever gets stolen.
Prey comprises a shell script which calls out on a regular basis to either a server run by prey project, or a url nominated by the system administrator sends data regarding the current location of your missing device. The latest version of the application has the capability to even take pictures using the device's inbuilt webcam and send it to you upon request.
Install Prey:
Open up the terminal and type following command to install prey under Ubuntu:
Continue Reading... Prey comprises a shell script which calls out on a regular basis to either a server run by prey project, or a url nominated by the system administrator sends data regarding the current location of your missing device. The latest version of the application has the capability to even take pictures using the device's inbuilt webcam and send it to you upon request.
Install Prey:
Open up the terminal and type following command to install prey under Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install prey
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