Go to the source to learn more: preyproject.com

Travel much? Concerned about losing your computer to a thief? You might be interested in how one man used Prey to track down the man who stole his computer, all played out in social media via Storify…

<script src="

A man’s laptop is stolen, but he’s able to track it remotely and with the help of social media, recover it. (NSFW language. More story links at bottom.)

http://storify.com/btballenger/man-tracks-stolen-laptop-thousands-of-miles-away.js”>%5B<a href="

A man’s laptop is stolen, but he’s able to track it remotely and with the help of social media, recover it. (NSFW language. More story links at bottom.)

http://storify.com/btballenger/man-tracks-stolen-laptop-thousands-of-miles-away&#8221; target=”blank”>View the story “Man tracks stolen laptop hundreds of miles away, calls thief” on Storify]

h/t Mitch Joel…

Related articles

• Sean Power remotely figures out who and where his laptop’s thief is (thenextweb.com)
• Get Your Laptop Back With Prey (onetechtip.com)
• O’Reilly Author’s Laptop Rescued By ‘Twitter Posse’ and Prey (tech.slashdot.org)
• Man uses Prey to track stolen MacBook Pro hundreds of miles, calls thief (tuaw.com)
• Twitter Detective Agency: The Case of the Stolen Laptop (theatlantic.com)