Tracking stolen electronics – easy and free
Someone recommended this and we installed it to check it out – you can activate on three devices for free (we have two accounts, Dave has one & I have one)
We have done testing and it works pretty slick
For instance –I reported my ipad missing
Then I took the ipad off the network put it back on – an alarm ran for 30 seconds and a notice that it was missing and should be returned to me
It took a picture of me and pinpointed my location in Cotacachi (has a GPS) – so evidence
For free don’t think you can beat it http://preyproject.com/
Have it on my workstation, laptop & ipad
Dave has it on his workstation, laptop & galaxy
Fyi on your mobile devices once installed it states waiting for activation or something – anyways Dave played with it and here is how it gets activated on a mobile device.
Take the device off the network
Go to your account on the web, login, report it missing and push the ‘run prey’ button
then put your mobile device back on the network
(I first tried airplane mode but that didn’t seem to work, so turned wifi off)