Eavesdropping is easy
Geeks are sexy beschreibt einige Dienste die ein Mobile Phone in ein spitzen Überwachungs-Gerät verwandeln.
Da wäre zum einen World Tracker
A service called World Tracker lets you use data from cell phone towers and GPS systems to pinpoint anyone’s exact whereabouts, any time — as long as they’ve got their phone on them.
Zum Zuhören gäbe es Flexispy
The service promises to let you “catch cheating wives or cheating husbands” and even “bug meeting rooms.” Its tools use a phone’s microphone to let you hear essentially any conversations within earshot.
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Finding spyware on your phone isn’t easy. There are dozens of bug detectors available from surveillance companies, but the only true fix is taking your phone to your provider and having them wipe it out altogether. That will restore the factory settings and clear out any hidden software that’s running on your phone.