Phone tracking software is a mobile phone application that is installed in a phone to track the exact location of the phone owner for various purposes such as exact location, for the safety of children, in case the phone gets lost or parental monitoring of their children’s messages, call logs, emails, multimedia files and internet history. It involves monitoring, tracking and recording of conversation and text messages using a signal when the phone is turned on even if the messages have ever been deleted. Cell phone spying software enables monitoring of a targeted phone from a location.
How does the mobile tracker software works? Mobile tracking software uses the GPS satellite which sends signals to earth, receiving information from available satellite and calculates the receivers’ location. However this can only be done when the mobile phone is not switched off.
There are different types of phone tracking software that support both Android and iPhone. They include but not limited to Auto forward spy, which supports android phones, Easy Spy, which supports both android and iPhone, Highster mobile which supports iPhones among others. They work by sending a signal to the desired phone that is being used to track and a signal is returned. However if a mobile phone is switched off or the battery is dead, it is impossible to track it so this entirely depends on the life of the battery. Most of phone tracking software are free applications found either on Google play store for android supported phones or iTunes store for iPhones. They can be installed by locating the application that one decides, either, Auto forward spy, Easy spy or Highster mobile, just to mention a few common and best spyware to the target phone. Once located, one has to agree or accept all windows that will pop up, which varies from one device to the other. Once the application has been installed to the desired device, you need to log in to your spy app master account through the website, on a different computer, phone or Tablet then create an account and confirm that the device installed is the desired phone and the tracking spyware is active.
The above mentioned phone tracking software have many features in common in that they can track SMS text messages, GPS locations, Settings or phone control panel, imessages for iPhones, call logs, browser history, social media messages and photos from Facebook, whatsapp, twitter , emails and multimedia files.
Information on every text message is sent exactly as it appeared on the target phone even when the message had earlier been deleted. All calls made on the targeted phone can be traced back even when the call log has been cleared and this includes incoming and outgoing including the telephone number. The GPS will track the phone to within a certain radius of its actual location. All instant messages and posts from social media sites like from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, whatsapp, just to mention a few can also be tracked down if the phone has been installed with the tracking spyware . All picture and video sent and received, all site visited, browser history including URL, can be tracked. Contacts and all their information as stored on the target phone can be tracked including all conversation and every activity that occurs on the target phone.
Mobile spyware have its own advantages and disadvantages. Some of the advantages include helping parents who would want to know the whereabouts of their children therefore they can have the spyware installed in their children’s phone and use this software to know the location of their children.
Another advantage includes tracking the mobile phone location in case it is lost, stolen or in case there is an emergency like a fire breakout or when one cannot speak, they can be easily tracked if the software is installed in their phones.
It can also be used to track lost friends, using another application called “Find my friend”, who may get lost in a crowded area or when one has visited a new town and gets lost in the streets.
At work, on official duty or business related duties, the tracker can be used to identify the exact location of an employee in case he or she has been sent out of town or out of the country for official duty at different locations and is supposed to give a report at a certain time and the management wants to know their whereabouts.
In some countries criminals are tracked down by the police using spyware software, if their phones have the application installed but first the police have to obtaining a court order to allow them to track down the wanted persons permit the police to use the spyware, otherwise it may be considered as a privacy violation.
However there is a flip side. There are also some disadvantages with installing mobile spyware on phones. Privacy violation. First of all it limits ones privacy therefore making one feel monitored and insecure without their knowledge. This however can lead to a court case if the person being tracked has no knowledge of the installed application.
One can avoid his or her cell phone not to be tracked or installed spy software unknowingly by not allowing strangers to access their phones passwords or not losing their phones.
Whether to install or not to install a phone tracking software is a personal or a company choice and it has its own consequences that need to be weighed.
