Everyone involved in the technology will have noticed, at some point, ads showing ways to track mobile. In Greece, there are at least 2 websites that offer the know-how and software to watch any mobile you want.
So, yes, it is not just the National Security Service (NSA) that spies smartphones. Several use sophisticated monitoring software to have access to the communications of their lovers, their children or even their rivals.
According to a new study, hundreds of people had some form of surveillance software installed on their phones.
The applications these are not malicious downloaded from some specially designed website that was meant to trick their owners. It's software spyware marketed and every person with physics access to the device can install it. This way he can access every text message, phone call and in some cases, he can monitor calls in real time.
Οι περισσότερες από τις εγκαταστάσεις ήταν πιθανά πραγματοποιούνται από συζύγους και τους ιδιωτικούς ντετέκτιβ, σύμφωνα με τον Michael Shaulov, Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος της Lacoon Mobile Security, που εδρεύει στο Σαν Φρανσίσκο. Παρά το γεγονός ότι ο αριθμός των τηλεφώνων με λογισμικό υποtheftWhile it was relatively small, Shaulov expects the number to grow.
Lacoon, who conducted the survey, founded 2011 from former members of the Israeli Defense Forces. During the survey, Lacoon watched wireless traffic to determine how many devices communicate with servers known to be associated with companies spyware.
Nearly half of them were associated with SpyToMobile, which markets monitoring. Although it's not generally illegal to spy on phones that are yours, things are somewhat unclear when espionage takes place on phones that are under the same network as say your partner.
In the company's terms of service, you indicate that users must own the phones that use the software, or that application users must have written permission from the phone holder. SpyToMobile reported to Mashable that all users should agree to the terms of service and that they have suspended accounts after they have been found to use the application without the owner's permission.
