Prey

Prey is an application that will most likely benefit those users who often find themselves carrying a lot of devices with them for remote work or similar actions.

The problem, like in most cases is that you never know what dangers lurk about and how easy it is for you to lose your stuff on account of not paying full attention to what you've got with you. Prey is an anti-theft application, that allows you to track the whereabouts of your devices and even more.

Well, of course, you'll first need to create an account in order to have a base of operations from where to track your devices. The client must be installed on the machines you think might be stolen. In terms of options, there are many.

The program will be hidden in order for the thief not to identify its presence. The program will display the location based on all sorts of procedures and protocols such as triangulation, while also using any type of network signal to pinpoint the latest known location with accuracy.

For starters, you can set it as missing, which in turn will enable other extra options. You can first try to geolocate it. If that works, the next options you might have will be to send a message to your stolen device, lock it, retrieve certain valuable files, wipe the whole machine, or encrypt disks. The location can be updated as long as the device keeps close to Wi-Fi networks and other similar network sources.

Prey is definitely a must-have precaution for any user with technological valuables who does not want to fall prey to someone else's bad ideas or choices. The program acts as an emergency center for dealing with any type of stealing situation.