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.
By
Meini Listanti
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