(Click for larger view of SMS log screenshot)SMS, a feature available with most mobile phones, allows users to send and receive short text messages. Now, thanks to Retina-X, if you don't trust your employee or your child, you can monitor their text messages and other related activities on their smartphones.
The company says its software is completely hidden from view. Following setup on the mobile device, the application records all SMS text messages and calling information, and then silently uploads logs to a designated private account on Retina-X's webserver. Thereafter, the messages and activity logs can be accessed over the Internet. Mobile Spy runs in "total stealth mode," the company claims.
The company suggests one other possible use: backing up your own cell activity as a record of all important communications.
Specifics of what can be monitored are:
- SMS monitoring -- it can record every text message sent or received, including the sender's number, recipient's, the date and time, and the message itself
- Call monitoring -- it can log all inbound and outbound phone calls, including the number dialed, the caller's number, the date and time of the call, and the direction
Mobile Spy works on smartphones running Windows Mobile 2003 through 6.0, the company said. It is available via download from the
company's website, priced at $19.97 per month; $49.97 quarterly; $69.97 semi-annually; or $99.97 per year.
The only question that remains is this: is there spyware to detect Mobile Spy if you suspect that your employer or someone else is monitoring your phone?
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