What's New
What’s new
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- Translated to 6 new languages.
- Full front and rear camera support for picture-ready devices.
- Hardware information gathering on installation.
- Uninstallation Lock password to prevent unwanted removal.
Fixes
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- Minor bug fixes.
The application has access to the following:
Your location
coarse (network-based) location
Access coarse location sources such as the cellular network database to determine an approximate phone location, where available. Malicious applications can use this to determine approximately where you are.
fine (GPS) location
Access fine location sources such as the Global Positioning System on the phone, where available. Malicious applications can use this to determine where you are, and may consume additional battery power.
Network communication
full Internet access
Allows an application to create network sockets.
view network state
Allows an application to view the state of all networks.
view Wi-Fi state
Allows an application to view the information about the state of Wi-Fi.
System tools
automatically start at boot
Allows an application to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the application to slow down overall performance of the phone by constantly running.
modify global system settings
Allows an application to modify the systemʼs settings data. Malicious applications can corrupt your systemʼs configuration.
change Wi-Fi state
Allows an application to connect to and disconnect from Wi-Fi access points, and to make changes to configured Wi-Fi networks.
change network connectivity
Allows an application to change the status of network connectivity.
prevent phone from sleeping
Allows an application to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
Your messages
receive SMS
Allows application to receive and process SMS messages. Malicious applications may monitor your messages or delete them without showing them to you.
Your personal information
read contact data
Allows an application to read all of the contact (address) data stored on your phone. Malicious applications can use this to send your data to other people.
Phone calls
read phone state and identity
Allows the application to access the phone features of the device. An application with this permission can determine the phone number and serial number of this phone, whether a call is active, the number that call is connected to, ect.
Paid services.
send SMS messages
Allows application to send SMS messages. Malicious applications may cost you money by sending messages without your confirmation.
Storage
modify/delete SD card contents
Allows an application to write to the SD card.
Your accounts
discover known accounts
Allows an application to get the list of accounts known by the phone.
Hardware controls
take pictures
Allows application to take pictures with the camera. This allows the application at any time to collect images the camera is seeing.
Other
com.prey.permission.C2D_MESSAGE
android.permission.ACTION_SHUTDOWN
com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Kelvin Lloyd
Apr 23, 2012 6:54:38 AM
One Precarious Line It solely relies on internet access. It doesn't even try to connect after SMS activation. SMS activation shows up in notification, which would be awkward in an actual situation where you panic-send dozens just to make sure Prey wakes up. Also, that's all there is for SMS. There is no SMS only force alarm for just making sure your device wasn't just misplaced. It's open-source so I'm more comfortable with my privacy. I tested the alarm: it didn't work. It hasn't reached v 1.0 yet so I'm starting tuned.
Juan
Apr 23, 2012 6:48:47 AM
Droid 3 This thing sucks i cant delete the app!!!!!
Desiree
Apr 21, 2012 7:46:29 AM
Refused to quit sending location reports when my SIM card was replaced as a repair, no matter what I did. Had to uninstall to stop.
Giannis
Apr 20, 2012 7:14:46 PM
Very good app
daniel
Apr 18, 2012 10:14:03 PM
Crap And it wont let me uninstall its slowing my phone down dont like it
Lenny
Apr 17, 2012 8:18:31 PM
Avrage Lookout is better
Kristin
Apr 17, 2012 5:50:58 AM
USELESS! Lost my phone and sent my lock down text from my daughters cell. It didn't do anything. Didn't lock it or have an alert or anything once I found it.
ruby
Apr 16, 2012 8:21:59 PM
A very nice one
Prilly
Apr 16, 2012 3:50:28 PM
I hate this app You need data for it to work and for me my data is usually shut off. Now I tried unstalling it, and it won't. So I'm stuck with this app that doesn't work for me. Please change that, its really annoying.
Marky
Apr 15, 2012 6:12:00 PM
wait... i CANT EVEN UNINSTALL THIS I NEED STORAGE TO PLAY MY GAME THX TO U GUYS