Sunday, October 30, 2011

You're smartphone isn't smart, it's a sneak...

As marketing pitches you don't get much lower: "Track every text, every call and every move your spouse makes..."

Yes, software manufacturers have harnessed the green-eyed monster.

"A cell phone plays a role in almost every affair," said one producer of mobile phone spyware.

Another spelled it out: "When you begin to notice signs of a cheating spouse, the best way to catch that cheat is to spy on his or her cell phone using spy software.

"Such software is required because the cell phone has become the modern day keeper of secrets and its uses are as versatile and diverse as their makes and models."

But it is not just for jealous partners.

Software designed to completely mine every secret on a smartphone can track its users, record their calls, copy their emails, read their text messages and bug the rooms the phones are sitting in. Full story...

Don't miss:
  1. Microsoft 'intentionally designed software for phones to track customers...
  2. Yahoo condemned over plans to snoop on emails on behalf of advertisers...
  3. 10 ways the police state is tracking us...
  4. Like the iPhone, Android phones record user-locations too...
  5. Researchers display evidence that iPhone 4 records all your travels...
  6. Police in Michigan downloading motorists' smart phone information illegally...

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