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So you're in a swanky coffeeshop in a trendy neighborhood with a friendly vibe. You only got up to refill your water glass... and your laptop is gone. Vanished. No one looked up from their own laptop or phone to see who walked off with it. It gets farther away by the second: It could be on the other side of the planet in hours. If you were signed up with LockItTight's free online service, you'd be able to log on to LockItTight's site, access your account, and see where your PC is now. Not only that, but you might have caught the thief in the act! LockItTight also records screenshots, Webcam images, keystrokes, and clipboard data. If anyone monkeys with your PC while you're away from it, it can show you when they used your computer, what they did, their keystrokes, and, if your Webcam is active, their identity.
You'll need to visit LockItTight's Web site and sign up for a free account to install the client software on your PC. It's easy to do, but you'll have to provide personal information like name and time zone. Once you've logged in, LockItTight finishes the installation process and opens a Web-based console. We logged in to our online account and opened our Devices page. This is an ad-supported Web page that listed our PC as our first device. Clicking Show on Map opened a Google Maps page showing the location of our PC. It must have been our ISP's server because it was our town but not in the hood, so to speak. But that was with a cable modem hookup, not WiFi; mobile users should get better results. You can add a variety of mobile devices for LockItTight to track, too.
Clicking our device's name in LockItTight's console opened a new page with a series of buttons accessing LockItTight's security logs: Location(s), Screens, Camera, Files, Keys, Clipboard, and Browser History. One thing: Neither the Web page nor the data LockItTight's freeware version captures are encrypted. To encrypt captures, you must upgrade to the paid version, which also removes the ads.
From Timeon Technologies:
Want to know where all your computers are, and what's going on them? Monitor over the Internet, securely with LockItTight. It's a remote key logger, it's a surveillance camera, it's a location tracker, and it's much more. Yes, you can see screen shots and clipboards. You can see browsing history and block inappropriate sites. You can remotely retrieve and delete files from the computer being monitored. You can get in/out of zone alert emails. The same LockItTight server can track your Android devices and iOS support devices. Never worry about loosing a computer or phone. LockItTight, peace of mind. Free for up to 5 devices.
Right after installing this thing my computer slowed down drastically. Reminiscent of spy software that records every stroke but worse. Immediately removed the software but you can't really completely remove it. It's been a week and now my computer runs so slow it's unusable and has to go to the shop. A lesson learned. Beware of this piece of garbage!
"It does NOT work! Where did the good reviews come from?"
"It does NOT work! Where did the good reviews come from?"
Yuyi_Xie
August 17, 2013
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Version: LockItTight 3.3.0.3346
2013-08-17 04:28:25
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By Yuyi_Xie
Pros
Cheap (or free)
Cons
This software is a piece of junk. It does not work. Antivirus software reports it as virus.
Summary
Tried it but regret that I did. The software is unreliable software and slows down the computer significantly. The software can not be removed completely either. Had to re-install the computer. I wonder who provided these good reviews? Are these good reviews fake?
"LockItTight is freeware, place re-recording permission"
"LockItTight is freeware, place re-recording permission"
dotronghai
January 07, 2013
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Version: LockItTight 3.1.0.2989
2013-01-07 05:21:30
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By dotronghai
Pros
After setup, software will act in terms of Implicity and leave any of trace, this cause wight to steal unaware laptop that compete. User based on this informations prediction and grope for trace egress of one of a pairs laptop was steal..
Cons
After setup, software will act in terms of Implicity and leave any of trace, this cause wight to steal unaware laptop that compete. ht
Summary
In addition, with faceplate photographic quality, software will automatically for cap go back to faceplate spectra in use of laptop, the same information about spectra period of time. Accompaniment is those that, With pix cap quality automatically from webcam, you can have information about wight addition steal laptop ( Sex, place, is faced &
Travisfelix
July 24, 2012
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Version: LockItTight 3.1.0.2989
2012-07-24 05:47:20
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By Travisfelix
Pros
Nothing to say
Cons
Location ability was not close enough for a computer recovery. You get what you pay for
Summary
When I did the first test to see if it could locate my computer, it somehow pulled out the location where I lived when the computer was first purchased, not where I am located now. The difference in miles was approximately 60. Since the software evidently does not use actual GPS to find the computer, it is useless in the event your computer is lost or stolen.
I am sorry that your experience with LockItTight is not the best. However, I would like to clarify that whether your computer was on WiFi network when you did the test? LockItTight uses the WiFi location which normally very accurate in most of US cities.
I also agree with you that GPS will be more accurate than WiFi location. However, not all computers are equipped with GPS. Actually only a few (<1%) Windows computer have GPS chips. So for most people, LockItTight will be their best bet to find a lost computer or doing day-to-day monitoring.
Thanks for your comments anyway. Please do let me know if you need more help.
