Track Your Lost Gadgets – Laptops and Cameras

Getting worried by loss or theft of your laptop or cameras is normal. But if you take precautions beforehand, then you can not only track your laptop or cameras but also erase the data and contacts saved on them. Take a look on some of the services, which, after installing and activating on your laptop or camera you can easily track them… If you use a laptop you might also want to make your external hard drive wireless.

Laptops

LocateMyLaptop

(Windows) (Free/Paid)

You can register your PC or laptop for free on LocateMyLaptop. After registering you can track one computer. After registration you have to download the software, which gets downloaded in stealth mode and gets hidden after installation. As soon as internet is accessed on the device, its location is shown on Google Map. Only one computer can be tracked in free version. It also has a paid version, that costs $3 meaning approximately ₹184 monthly, and has many extra features like free space delete, remote data wipe off, safe IP list.

Norton Anti-Theft

(Windows/Mac) (Paid)

Anti-virus company Symantec’s anti-theft application can track lost laptops. This is paid software, in which user can install anti-theft software on three devices and track them. It not only lets you track your devices but also has feature like remote lock and lost notifications. It also has a feature called sneak peak, which enables user to stealthily click photos of the person using it. With web control you can locate, track and lock your devices anytime, anywhere.

GadgetTrak

(Windows/Mac) (Paid)

Windows and Mac users can go to GadgetTrak’s website and register themselves. It only has paid services, which are available for an annual fee of $20. Its specialty is that it tracks Wi-Fi based location also with latitude and longitude. Other than tracking the device’s location on Google map it also has an option of sneak peak, with which user’s image can be captured and e-mailed stealthily.

Front Door Software

(Windows/Mac) (Free/Paid)

Its specialty is that in case of laptop loss or theft it has security features like stolen alert display, remote lockdown, audible prevention alert, custom text messages, and Geo-location tracking. It has both free and paid versions. Free version does not have Geo-tracking feature, instead for about ₹1843 you can get a license for 3 years. In case of loss or theft user can send message on laptop’s screen and also remotely customize alarm in the laptop to alert people about the theft.

Find My Device

(Mac) (Free)

If you are a iPhone, iPad or Mac PC user, then you can use Apple's free tracking service. This is Apple’s free tracking service that can be activated by going into iCloud. In this you can track where the PC is being used with the help of location service. If your Mac gets lost or stolen, you can go to iCloud website and enter your Apple ID and password and start tracking.

Lock It Tight

(Windows)(Free)

Its basic services are free. With basic services you can activate the software on five device. In case of loss or theft user can enable location tracking, clipboard logging, browser history logging, remote file deletion, remote file retrieval, screen shots, webcam capturing, key logging and file tracking.

Camera

Do you know that even your camera can be traced? But for this you don’t need to install any software in your camera, because this is not possible. You just have to go to Stolen Camera Finder’s website, and after signing-up, upload a photo clicked from your camera. This website will extract the camera’s unique serial number from the photo and register it. As soon as a photo clicked from the camera gets uploaded on a photo sharing site like Picasa, Flicker, etc. this website will track the camera’s serial number and send the link to your e-mail ID.