Over time we’ve been getting an increasing number of emails from people who’ve managed to recover their laptops, tablets or phones thanks to Prey. The stories are really amazing (some of them simply out of this world!). So we’ve decided to create a new section on our website and put them all together in one place.

Of course, all of the stories are published with full permission from the owners, and without any kind of censorship or editing from our side (besides removing names and references to accurate locations). Additionally, we added a contact form for those who want to let us know about new stories, so it’s easier for us to put them together.

There’s still a load of stories that we need to process, but we already have a bunch of them for your reading pleasure. So hit the “Recoveries” link on the top and have a look!

Hey everyone, glad to be posting once again over here. It’s been a while since I hit the “New Post” button on this blog, and god it feels good. I just wanted to give you a quick heads up on what we’ve been up to these last few months.

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It’s been over a year since we launched the Control Panel and it was about time we made some changes. During the past months we’ve been noticing which things work and which needed to be looked at, thanks to the constant feedback we’ve received from you guys.

So, first of all, thanks everyone!

Here’s a brief list of changes we’ve made to the Prey Control Panel, which hopefully will make it easier for you to manage Prey and keep an eye on what’s going on with your stuff.

Here we go.

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At last!

We’ve finally completed the migration to what will be our home for the next months: our own VPS for the control panel and website. This means we won’t get any more 500 errors because of server overload, and in general the service will work faster, leaner and meaner.

This wouldn’t have been possible without the contribution of several different people who kindly made a donation to our Paypal account. However our current funds are still very low so if you would like to give us a hand please make a contribution. Any amount will be appreciated.

By the way, our VPS provider (Linode.com) allows for referral codes on account signup. So if you’re in need of a good hosting solution, we recommend you try a Linode VPS, their machines are great and the prices are even better. If you do so please enter this code when signing up: e3a20152e86710707df51cb16484a6ab66a493dc (you can also use this link). We’ll get a $20 discount!

Thanks again everyone who made this possible. Thanks for letting Prey keep growing.

One of the biggest requests we had in our suggestion box was to develop a way to toggle the missing state of your laptop in an easier way. Lets face it — maybe you and me know what a URL is, but there’s no way your sister or your mom will.

So basically our idea was to build a one-click way of activating Prey remotely, something simple yet useful, and not only for experienced hackers but to everyone.

So as we say in Chile, “pusimos manos a la obra”, and not only did we accomplish our task but we decided to go a bit further.

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Hello everyone and welcome to our new website!

It’s been some crazy weeks lately but we can finally show the new face of preyproject.com.

We hope to keep new posts coming regularly so you can keep coming back for Prey-related news, or subscribe to our RSS feed if you prefer.