I gave my MacBook a car alarm. Now it works on Windows too — free and open source.

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Quick Yowl update: it now supports Mac + Windows. Arm it, and unplugging the charger or moving the laptop can trigger a siren, screen lock, photos and optional ntfy phone alerts. Choose the responses, movement sensitivity and grace period in Settings. No account, subscription or analytics. MIT licensed. Compared with Unplug Alarm and Clyde, Yowl includes its phone-alert option for free and also supports Windows. https://reddit.com/link/1xocuzk/video/yo4znzvw0rzh1/player It’s a deterrent, not theft-proof: quitting or powering off stops it, and movement detection can miss things. Download: https://dontstealmylaptop.com Source: https://github.com/nejcar20/yowl I built the app, starred in the demo, and handled PR. Only one of those things went well. :D   submitted by   /u/nejcar20 [link]   [comments]