Prey
Prey offers a decade of experience in device tracking and security tools to protect laptop, phones, and tablets across multiple OS.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Android Tablet
- Snapcraft
- Chrome OS
Features
- Geofencing
- Voice Recording
- Image Sharing
- Device Tracking
- Multiple profile pictures
Tags
- Anti-Theft
- mobile-tracking
- Theft Recovery
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What is Prey?
Prey offers a decade of experience in device tracking and security tools to protect laptop, phones, and tablets across multiple OS.
What you get with Free and Starter Plans
TRACKING & MONITORING
• Device view • Geolocation tracking • Hardware Information
DEVICE SECURITY
• Screen Lock • Alert Message • Remote Alarm • Mark as missing/recovered • Missing reports • Report storage • 24 hour Device Activity Log
- Our Personal plans are just a small test of what Prey can help you achieve. To access industry-leading device location and more, please consider our Organization plans, read more at preyproject.com/pricing
SOME PRO FEATURES:
• Geofences • Location history • Custom Wipe • File Retrieval • Kill Switch • Factory Reset • Automations • Scheduled Mass Actions • Device loan manager • Audit log • And more!
Your privacy and mobile security are our top concern, that’s why we work with OPEN SOURCE code. Your personal information and data is only retrieved or used when requested.
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Prey, Inc. Licensing
Proprietary and Freemium product.Pricing
Subscription ranging between $1 and $3 per month + free version with limited functionality.Alternatives
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Comments and Reviews
nice dashboard, basic services free, more security not cheap and personal use limited to 5 and tracking.
This app seems a bit useless on Iphone IOS 10 as the only way it can track the user's location is if they open the app up.
If my phone is secured with a passcode, and the person who stole it can't get in, they can't start the app!
It's a bit clever about hiding what the app is though. I've toggled it to be "camouflaged" which means the app is pretending to be a game. If I use the Prey website to try and find the location, it will send a notification saying that the app's latest bill is ready to be viewed. This might trick an attacker (if they can unlock the phone) into viewing the notification. They'll then just see a login screen for the "game".
Providing that the location is accurate enough (which in my tests it was within about 500m which isn't very useful), you might be able to get it to sound an alarm from the phone if you can get the attacker to open the app again. Of course, the moment they close the app, the alarm stops...
Perhaps this app is better than nothing on IOS but I think there's a built in app "Find my iPhone" which likely does a better job.
Near-constant communications failures on linux. Support is a joke- via Facebook, & I've been lucky to get a reply within 3 weeks. More than once the reply I get is completely out of context, as if they didn't even bother to read the conversation up to that point & gain a clue as to what the issue is.
I used their app for years but recently they have changed their service provider which isn't good. The worst thing about it is their server is unreachable in some regions (a problem caused by their service provider) which means if you lose your device and it fall into those regions you can never reach it or being informed about it. I hope they change their service provider anytime soon.
This page says that Prey would allow attackers to run any code on your computer as root by hijacking your communications. Is this true? What kind of security does Prey have?
This app could come in very hand if your phone or computer were to be stolen. It'll track the location and use of the device and send them to you! I've had the problem that my Android would automatically be reported as missing which is quite annoying, but it might be specific for my phone..
Here is a great story of a guy got his stolen laptop back: http://lifehacker.com/5838440/how-i-got-my-stolen-laptop-back-within-24-hours-using-prey
Server is open sourced?