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Android Tracker App Review: SMS Spy

By on June 22, 2011
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GPS tracking is one of the most accurate ways of tracking an Android cell phone. Unfortunately, it is also true that leaving the GPS feature on all the time is a sure way to drain a phone’s battery quickly. SMS Spy is an alternative to traditional Android GPS trackers because the battery hungry GPS receiver doesn’t have to be left on at all times to enable the phone to be tracked.

How it works

SMS Spy is truly a stealth tracking application in that there is no icon created when the app is installed, instead the software runs as a background service, where it waits to respond to location update requests. To find out where the phone is location you simply need to send a SMS to the device with this exact text: ‘How are you???’. The device will respond by giving GPS data, address and a map link showing where the phone can found.

Limitations

The accuracy of this Android tracking app will vary depending on whether or not the GPS feature is turned on, if it is not, the app will use cell network data to give an approximate location of the device. Be warned, if network data is used to provide a location update the exact location of the phone may be off by several hundred feet. That said, it would be nice if the service could automatically turn on the GPS when a location update is requested and turn it off after the update is received.

The located device will usually show the ‘How are you???’ location request SMS as a notification. If you don’t want the device to show the location request SMS you can mask it by having the device display the message as some other system notification. Start by adding a new contact; name the surname ‘systemnumber’, and leave the other fields empty and give the contact the handset’s number.

When done right, the app will delete the location request SMS and an “Internal Service – SMS Database optimized and compressed” message will be displayed instead. This is a kind of workaround, because it is currently not possible to delete notifications but it is possible to overlay them with new ones.

Family Tracker App Review – Android Tracking Apps

By on June 22, 2011
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Family Tracker allows you to monitor someone who is carrying an Android or iOS device. It is a convenient way to see where a spouse, child or fiancée is currently located. In fact, if Family Tracker is installed you can use an Android to track another Android and also an Android to track an iPhone and visa versa.

How it works

Once Family Tracker is installed, on the device you wish to track, you can use Family Tracker’s web interface to see a map based representation of where the iPhone or Android device is located, or you can use the mobile version, that is installed on another phone, to check the other phone’s location whenever you want to. As a bonus, any two devices that have Family Tracker installed can message each other without incurring an additional charge.

Each device on which the tracker is installed has the option to automatically report its location (from every 1 min. to every 1 hour) or can be set to report its location on demand. Whether or not the automatic tracking service is disabled, you can always force the tracked device to report its location at anytime.

To get a current location update of the device you can ping it, which means you will send a tracking notification to the phone or Tablet using the “Stealthy Ping” feature. However, for this feature to work, the targeted device has to have Family Tracker ver. 2.4.4 or above installed. Other notable features include:

  • iPhone users can track Android users and vice versa
  • No monthly or periodic fees
  • You can remotely force updates whether or not the application is running and without the user having to take an action
  • The ability to send a “Stealthy Ping”, which will force an automatic location update of the remote device without the person carrying the phone being notified
  • Even if the phone is rebooted, Family Tracker will automatically resume tracking and updating its position when the phone is turn back on
  • Free texts between devices
  • Find your phone when lost or stolen
  • Force the device to make a sound even if the phone is on vibrate or silent setting
  • Track Android cell phones and iPhones as well from anywhere you can get onto the Internet
  • There are no limits to the number of devices that can be tracked
  • Tablet compatible – including Motorola Xoom

 

Are Kids too Tech Savvy? How they Hack Parental Control Apps

By on June 16, 2011
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As usual I was trolling the Android market for great apps when I came across a parental control app that promised to filter malware apps and block access to a list of websites that you’ve decided your kids shouldn’t be viewing. But seriously, are these apps any good at preventing today’s tech savvy kids from accessing online content if they really want to?

With tons of sites out there revealing how to circumvent cell phones security apps, parents and guardians best efforts of trying to protect their children may not be enough to thwart the most determined and tech savvy teenager. In fact, installing parental control software may actually motive some teens to try even harder to hack/bypass the security measures you have setup. Unfortunately, some of these hack attempts may actually make your child’s device more vulnerable.

For example, in order get around parental control software kids may setup proxy servers and open unsecured connections to the Internet, which is a no-no as far are Internet security is concerned; need I say that hackers absolutely love such security holes. However, parents and guardians must do you their best to protect their children from themselves and others.

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The Best Android Cell Phone Trackers and What they can Do

By on June 15, 2011
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The range of Android cell phone trackers goes far beyond just mobile spy software, they can in fact help you recover a lost or stolen cell phone, help you discover what your kid’s are using their phones for, or keep an eye on a straying spouse or partner.

Parental Control – One can argue at length, for and against, the right of children to have privacy, to the extent that parents are prevented from looking at what they are using their phones, Tablets and computers for. In any case parents have a responsibility to protect their children against the sexting craze, sexual predators and the influence of deviant peers. Parents can use parental control software to monitor their kid’s cell phone activity (i.e. view SMS and web browsing logs), locate them at a moments notice and take proactive action to protect them against themselves and others.

The notion that parents have to invade a child’s privacy to use parental control software is not true. There are parental control apps that can monitor a child’s cell phone without invading the child’s privacy. Continue reading The Best Android Cell Phone Trackers and What they can Do

Strategies for Parenting Tech Savvy Kids

By on June 11, 2011
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In a previous article we highlighted some ways kids can actually bypass parental control software that parents install on their cell phones and computers, so we think it is a good idea to uncover some strategies that can be used to manage today’s tech savvy kids.

In order to prevent your children from using their cell phones and computers to access what they should not, you may need to use some other tried and true techniques, not least among which is educating your children and using some advanced tech, if necessary.

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