Is this one of those viral marketing campaigns again? Yesterday, there was a popular thread on Reddit about some guy who retrieved his stolen Macbook by using the exact same software that's being mentioned here. And not to mention the several other threads here on HN a few months ago that are suspiciously similar.
no it's not. and please don't start with this over again.
we (the Prey team) don't have the time or the interest to pay people, thieves or whomever to build and publish these elaborate stories.
I spent almost all afternoon yesterday on Reddit -- where some guy published a similar story -- trying to make it clear that we had nothing to do with it (besides having developed the software).
I'd be happy to answer any questions regarding Prey, but please don't make me go repeating today the same thing all over again.
yup that's right, at least me and most of the guys that work for Fork (the company I founded after Prey took off). however there's lots of contributors from Europe, the US and Asia.
Or maybe it's just really useful.