Overall nice app but if the thief is formatting the hard drive, it cannot be traced.
The answer given by them is that you enable BIOS password so that the thief cannot format. Not convincing as BIOS passwords can also be broken. But at least this gives a small defence against theft. Regards Ravi Kumar On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Prasanna Venkadesh <prasmai...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi to everyone, > > Prey is an open-source anti-theft solution. http://preyproject.com/ > > Extremely useful if your device is gone missing. With this tool, you can > create an online account in their website and register your Device ( Laptop > / Smartphone ). > > Once you login into your account, you will be taken to your dashboard and > you can find number of options. Highly recommended for Smartphones, but for > laptops, in-case if the Operating system is formatted, not sure if this > will help you out. > > Binaries available for cross-platform, includes Gnu/Linux operating systems > & Android. > > Source available at Github (https://github.com/prey) > > -- Prasanna Venkadesh > http://puduvailug.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
