Is It Possible to Spy a Mobile Phone?

When you are not following closely the trends of technology advancement, it's easy to fall behind and wonder if the things you hear are true. It doesn't help that many misinformed or ill-willed people go around saying things that are exaggerations or plain lies.

For example, there are many people that wonder if it's possible to spy a cell phone. I know it sounds far fetched if you haven't been up to date with phone technology, but the truth is that it's actually possible. However, it is not possible in the sense that many people think, which is based on ideas they get from watching Hollywood spy movies.

To start, it's not a piece of hardware or a special type of phone that makes the trick. It's a piece of software that you download from the Internet that makes it possible to spy a cell phone. The best part is that you don't even have to connect the phone to the computer. All you need is to get a number that's printed inside the battery compartment of the phone and which serves to identify it among all the millions of phones in the world. You just enter this number into a website, pay a fee with a credit card and that's it.

Now, when you spy a cell phone, there are certain things that you can do and some that you can't do. For instance, you can locate the phone on an online map at any time, usually through Google Maps. This feature effectively turns a mobile phone into a tracking device for the person carrying it.

That's pretty much the closest the software comes to being a James Bond device. However, while not flashy, the rest of its features are very practical.

Let's take call tracking for example. When you hire a private investigator to find out if your spouse is having an affair, one of the first things he does is find this information, which cheating husbands always try to hide. Software that allows you to spy a mobile phone gets you this information for a small fraction of the price. And it gets you the content of every text message, which a private investigator doesn't.

So, yes, it's possible to spy a mobile phone, but it does have its limits. You won't be able to hack into other people's computers, use the phone to intercept calls from other phones, open electronic locks, or any of all those tricks you see in spy movies.