Lojack for Laptops Alternatives
Lojack for Laptops is described as 'Computrace LoJack for Laptops can remotely delete data and recover stolen computers, so you can protect your personal information from identity theft. The easy solution for protecting your digital life' and is an app in the Travel & Location category. There are eight alternatives to Lojack for Laptops for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Android, iPhone and iPad. The best alternative is Prey, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Lojack for Laptops are iLostFinder (Freemium), iAlertU (Free, Open Source), LAlarm (Free Personal) and Plug Spy (Paid).
- Prey is a lightweight application that will help you track and find your laptop or mobile if it ever gets stolen. It works in Windows, Mac OsX, Linux and Android.
- Freemium • Open Source
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- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- iLostFinder is featured as the best anti-theft app for iPhone. It will prevent others from powering off your iPhone in case it gets lost and prevent them from disabling Internet on the lost device.
- iAlertU is an alarm system for your Apple MacBook that uses the built in motion detection to trigger the alarm and the iSight to capture the image of the thief.
- LAlarm is free laptop alarm security software. LAlarm sounds an alarm when a laptop is in danger of being stolen or losing data, and it can recover and destroy data if the laptop is stolen.
- Plug-Spy is an instant warning system for your MacBook in case that someone try to take it away or is entering a wrong password in the standard OS X login panel. It's easy to setup and integrates seamlessly with Mac OS X and Apple iCloud "Find my Mac".No screenshots yet
- EXO5 allows enterprises to track and remote kill corporate laptops. It's available as a cloud service. They only serve the enterprise market and have a minimum order of 25 devices. List price is $29 per device per year.
- Using patented location-detection technology, GadgetTrak evens the odds of recovering a stolen laptop or mobile phone by pinpointing the location of your laptop, who has it, even what they’re wearing!
Discontinued
The program seems to be no longer updated. Last versions (2014) can be still bought from the official website.