Prey

Prey is an anti-theft protection system for mobiles that protects the information stored on the device in the event that your phone is stolen or lost.

Protect your mobile phone against theft or loss

The large amount of personal data we store on our mobile phone makes it one of our most valuable possessions. Why it's worth protecting. And to keep our data safe in case of loss or theft, we can resort to a tool of the likes of Prey, which offers a security system with years of experience already deployed on other operating systems such as Windows, Mac or Linux.

Locate and protect your smartphone permanently

On the one hand, this application can block access to any data stored on the device. This means that an outsider has no way of snooping around in photos, messages or other important documents stored on the phone. On the other hand, the app offers us an accurate real-time location where we can even set up an alert system to let us know when it's in a certain place.

It is a comprehensive protection system against theft with the following functions:

• Real-time location determination via GPS and triangulation of the signal.
• history of locations.
• Alarms that cannot be silenced.
• Warnings on the user's display.
• Collection of data in case of theft, sent to the user, such as photographs, nearby WiFi networks and GPS coordinates.
• Remote wipe of sensitive data.
• Encryption of files.
• Scheduled actions for recurring tasks or events.
• Comprehensive control panel to monitor the devices connected to Prey.

Requirements and further information:

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 5.0.
• Instructions for installing XAPKs on Android