In today’s society, theft is a common occurrence. Until now, most of the methods to protect your electronic equipment were quite costly. An alternative to this is to use Prey. Prey is open source software, which means that it is free to use. Prey lets you keep track of your phone or laptop at all times, and will help you find it if it ever gets lost or stolen.
Recently, during the riots in London, a man’s house was ransacked and his Macbook was stolen. Luckily he had already installed Prey on his system. By doing so he was able to find vital information about the laptop’s whereabouts and informed the police. Check out the full story here.