Anyone who thinks their Smart Phone calls, text messages or personal conversations are safe from interlopers, stalkers, corporate spies, or personal enemies, is forewarned. Your Smart Phone can be a double agent.
A few years ago, some offshore techies developed a software program that would allow spouses or lovers to monitor their cell phone calls or text messages. It could also allow Parents to check their kid’s usage or potentially locate them in the event of an emergency. As this spyware developed, additional features were added that provided real time eavesdropping, text message viewing, keystroke logging, and location tracking services linked to online maps.
These advanced capabilities created the ‘perfect toolbox’ for all manner of corporate espionage types, social predators, and other miscreants to secure private and personal information from any unsuspecting party. More importantly, the spyware is purchased offshore and the servers that host the data are likewise conveniently located offshore in countries that do not abide by our Privacy Statutes.
The Smartphone Spyware does have some flaws in that the software must be manually accessed and a pass code must be inputted to activate the program. There are some other tell tale signs to indicate the Smartphone has been infected including unexplainable increases in minute usage and questionable SMS text messaging, the Smartphone’s battery life has noticeably decreased between charges, and the phone appears to go on or off without any manipulation by the owner.
If you suspect your phone is infected, it may be necessary to have the SIM card removed or replaced and perform a clean wipe of all programs or apps that you personally downloaded and installed on your Smartphone.
Vigilance is the keyword here and you must safeguard your phone from anyone who could potentially access it and activate the Spyware. You should absolutely change your Smartphone’s security password to include caps and numbers in illogical sequences and restrict its access. Employing these safeguards will certainly improve your odds against being victimized by anyone who would invade your privacy and track your movements.
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What the manufacturers of these cell phone spy devices fail to make clear to the general public is the interception of 3rd party communications is very illegal. You can tape record a conversation that you are a part of (in most states) and no law has been broken. However, If you tape record a conversation that you are not a part of then it is very illegal. If you steal text messages of another person’s phone you have committed a crime. Moreover, any information you obtain cannot be admitted into evidence in a court or law. If you were to steal the information and tell someone else, if they act on it they have committed an offense. All of this is governed under the United States communications act. Think of it as opening someone else’s mail – you can’t do that with someones phone or computer to steal email messages or for phones, text messages or overhearing conversations.