[LRUG] [OT?] Security advice, Prey and catching burglars... 'The Ruby Way'

[Kevin Monk]

> POIDH ;-)

I shall bring them to the LRUG event on Tuesday.

> Can it be built from source
> to report to your own server rather than theirs?

As part of the installation process, you can have the reports  
delivered directly to you rather than the Prey servers if you prefer  
and all the code is open source.

https://github.com/prey/prey-bash-client

On 30 Mar 2012, at 12:04, Michael Pavling wrote:

> On 30 March 2012 11:54, Kevin Monk <kevin at mangoswiss.com> wrote:
>> I have my two computers back and the priceless picture of a man in  
>> handcuffs
>> looking forlorn in front of my computer.
>
> POIDH ;-)
>
>> Install Prey (It's free)
>
> My biggest issue with Prey (and it's competitors) is the paranoia that
> while I can use it to find out what's going on on my stolen laptop and
> catch their Facebook logins, etc, the Prey guys might do the same
> thing to me while I'm using it normally... Can it be built from source
> to report to your own server rather than theirs?
>
> Otherwise, a nice, happy ending to hear about on a slow Friday. Well
> done for getting your kit back.
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