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Front Door Software’s New MEA App Will Turn a Smartphone’s Lock Screen into a Personal Safety Device This app can help prevent theft and offers three new features created to assist people in emergency situations. EVERGREEN, Colo., Nov. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Front Door Software, a leading company providing theft…

Start-Up Front Door Software Reaches Milestone of Offering More Than Half a Million University Students Laptop Theft Prevention Software. Sept 16, 2013 “Parents and students have been very pleased to see universities take such a proactive approach about protecting student laptops on campus,” said Hafeman. “With one email to the…

New technology helps DPS catch criminals, Dept says, University of Southern California Daily Trojan Sept 20, 2012 “An increase in technology used by USC’s Dept. of Public Safety has led to more burglars being caught and items recovered from incidents of theft on campus, according to DPS Capt. David Carlisle.…

CSUF giving students free theft recovery software, CSUF Daily Titan August 27, 2012 ”A site license of Front Door Software Loss and Recovery, a program that uses Wi-Fi hotspots to track stolen and lost laptops, has been purchased by the IT department and is now available for students to download…

UCLA offers free laptop theft protection and tracking software. UCLA Daily Bruin January 24, 2012 “Alan Covarrubias frantically looked for his MacBook Pro. . . . Covarrubias is not the first student to have a laptop stolen. In the past year, 160 laptops were reported stolen at UCLA, said UCPD…

One Laptop Recovered After Four Computer Burglaries This Weekend. Wesleyan Argus October 2011 “Over the weekend, four students’ laptops were stolen from their rooms in the Foss Hill and Butterfields areas. One of the students alerted Public Safety (PSafe) that he had installed tracking software on his computer and the…

The Brown Daily Heard – Campus Crimes Decreased in 2010. Brown Daily Heard, 2010 “On-campus burglaries were down 42 percent last year from the year before, from 67 in 2009 to 39 in 2010, according to the report. Porter attributed this reduction partially to the department’s efforts to make students…

Frontdoor Software makes stolen laptops speak with Retriever. Geek.com March 3, 2009 Flagging your laptop as stolen is simple. You just login to your account online and contact your laptop (if it is online). A number of actions can be taken including, showing owner information, flashing up a stolen computer…

Stop thief! Software lets stolen laptops speak up. USA Today February 26, 2009 “Stolen laptop? Now you can tell those thieves exactly what you think of them. Front Door Software’s Retriever program displays your contact information as your computer boots up. There’s even space for a plea to a Good…