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#1 User is offline   chconline 

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Posted 19 May 2010 - 10:43 AM

http://preyproject.com/

Just heard of them today to try it out. It is a program that you can install on your computer to trace its whereabouts if it ever gets stolen -- takes webcam images, screenshots, IP addresses, WiFi based location, etc. Pretty awesome app -- lightweight and fairly discrete when running :P Plus it only activates when you want it to in the control panel. Hopefully I'll never need to use it but I have it installed on my Lenovo Thinkpad T400 :P
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Posted 19 May 2010 - 11:44 AM

Looks interesting, I should stick this on my netbook as well.
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#3 User is offline   chconline 

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Posted 20 May 2010 - 09:43 AM

Just a note is that it will only run when the user is logged in, so create a guest account or something to lure them in :P
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Posted 20 May 2010 - 09:47 AM

Webcam and location function, sweet! Too bad it won't run when not logged in.
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#5 User is offline   chconline 

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Posted 22 May 2010 - 08:30 AM

Hopefully that will be an improvement in the future! It runs when not logged in on Linux systems.
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Posted 23 May 2010 - 07:00 PM

Looks pretty good app but how do I know its not Spying on me?
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#7 User is offline   chconline 

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Posted 24 May 2010 - 07:08 PM

It's open source. You can check the source code. On a side note, it only activates when you turn it on in the control panel.
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Posted 25 May 2010 - 07:26 PM

:P Oh, thanks - I trust them.
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