‎Prey Find My Phone & Security

JesusBenNazareth

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The attitude, motivation and thinking of the author shows in multuple ways. The whole vibe of the app is great. Solid functionality, miminal annoyance, BUT not less than that! Has enough weight on the security side of the convenience vs security side of the balance scale.

Wait! Major issues and glitches when run on my M1 mac (admittedly, it is designed for iPad, so only -1*):
1. Seems confused about location access:
In Settings, I see (on the displayed map) that it knows where it is. BUT, on every launch, “Enable Location Access” pops up, AND clicking “Go to Settings” doesn’t work well AND it shouldn’t pop up because in System Preferences, my “Enable Location Services” is checked for Prey and in general.
And I have to leave it running. But that’s surely an Apple API issue – as is all of this, really, AFAICT, so I’m putting it back to 5 stars for now. Because I know the app does now and has worked flawlessly on iOS (on Touch, phone & pad) for ages.
Update:Just wanted to add that there is an app for MacOS, but it won’t run on my M1 because I don’t have Rosetta installed — as a precaution, for security reasons. Needs to be compiled as a universal app, which may or may not be simple, based on what I see re. other apps in github. (Also, I’m guessing it needs more work to be compatible with Apple’s increasingly restrictive security models in new OS releases?)