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Prey

When your laptop is stolen, you aren't just out your laptop, you lose all the personal data, and possibly even your identity. With Prey, you can fight back. Install a simple, lightweight program, and within minutes, you are protected. Should your laptop go missing, go to their website and report it. Prey will leap into action, silently connecting the laptop to any available network. Then, it starts sending back reports, documenting the current IP, screenshots of what the thief is doing, and even photos, if you have a webcam. And best of all, Prey is free, open source software, so there is really no reason not to put this on your laptop today! (TC)

From This is True for 22 November 2009

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