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David Burn / May 14, 2011

Spyware Used For Good

Sean Power, of Ottawa, Ontario is happily reunited with his stolen laptop, thanks to free tracking software called Prey.

According to HuffingtonPost, Power received a report from Prey indicating that his laptop was in use at a Brooklyn, NY bar.

Power called the police, but they said he had to make a report in person. Given that he was 800 miles away, that proved to be too tall an order. In the meantime, a woman who was following the action on Twitter, went down to the bar and got the laptop back.

Here’s a look at some of what Prey can do–it activates the built in camera and takes a photo of the perp, for one:

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