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Earlier, if you wanted
to keep an eye on your spouse, you would have to rummage through his or her
drawer and cupboard to find secret letters and keepsakes. The later decades
introduced security locks and codes to help secure personal information from
prying eyes. People have now started storing information on their smartphones
and, more recently, tablets, in password-protected files and folders. Similar
security measures can be adopted for calls and text messages.
The field of science and
technology is a queer one. For every new item or facility it creates, it also
offers an antidote. This explains the creation and launch of cell phone
spyware.
Spyware - An
Introduction
Spyware are software
applications that enable users to gather confidential information about a
person or organization without their knowledge. Such kinds of tracking software
applications are typically used to monitor cell phone activity, but they can be
used on tablet and computers as well.
The phone spyware
applications are installed on a device, secretly. Once installed on the phone
or computer, the spyware exports varied details including call logs, text
messages sent and received, mobile internet connections, web pages browsed and
the phone's physical location.
Normally the data is
exported to a cloud server where the person spying can access the date for
viewing.
A few highly advanced
applications for telephones also allow users to listen to phone conversations,
and use the phone as a microphone - someone spying can listen to a conversation
in a room where the telephone is. The owner of the phone, tablet or computer
does not have the slightest hint that private information is being transferred
to a third-party via the tracking software application.
Types of Spyware
1) Most are in the form
of concealed malware that generally tags along with free downloads or gains
access to your system when you visit pornographic sites. As soon as they gain
entry, they set up automatically and start leaking out private and confidential
information.
2) The other type
includes software applications that are purchased and installed on the device
one intends to track. After the application has been successfully installed,
the user only has to log in to the app website to track movements and access
your information.
Who can use Cell Phone
Spyware?
Spyware has earned a bad
name because it is largely used by criminals and stalkers. Gathering
information covertly might also not sound like a very good idea to you.
However, it isn't bad if it is for the opposite person's good or the good of
the people at large.
Computer and cell phone
spyware were used to launch successful business marketing campaigns. By
monitoring a person's use of the internet including the websites visited and
the pages viewed, business owners attempted to tweak their marketing strategies
and thereby reach their target audience.
Parents and spouses make
up a large percent of commercial spyware users. As far as parents are
concerned, the use is for a good reason. Given the amount of time children
spend online, parents should keep a check on the websites their children visit,
the people they contact and their whereabouts; whether they attend school
regularly or spend their time elsewhere. Spouses also have the right to know to
if their partner is cheating on them.
Answering the question
posed in the title - useful or intrusion of privacy, it's a matter of how you use
the phone spyware application! For sure though it is important to note that
phone spyware available online is illegal in most countries without the consent
of the user (or a warrant).
So whilst parents could
potentially put the spyware on their children's telephones to protect them, if
a husband puts it on his wife's phone without her knowledge this is an illegal
invasion of privacy.
Indonesia Private
Investigation Agency (IPIA - http://indonesiadetective.com/ )
and our sister agency Bali Eye Private Investigation Agency (BEPIA - http://balidetective.com/ )
are fully registered agencies offering investigation services to the private
and business sectors throughout Indonesia and South East Asia.
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