Introduction:

In this digital era when almost everything is available and being used on our gadgets and smartphones, one can’t help but wonder about the security and privacy we have. Like all things connected to a network, these devices are also susceptible to being hacked or cracked into. Since we are all slowly coming to the age when smartphones are like our wallets containing our identity and access to our accounts as well, we ought to know a little more about the dangers that exist around it. From reading your private messages to turning on the camera and microphone in your device at will, all can be accomplished by knowing how spyware apps work.

Mobile Spy:

As simple as the name suggests. An Android app designed to act as a spyware running in the background processes of your phone and giving access to all the information and data to the administrator. Mobile Spy has features like live control panels which literally means having your screen being viewed somewhere else. The parental locks on applications and websites chosen by the administrator are common in spy apps and mobile spy is no different. You can also delete any data on the target device by just sending a command to the phone via SMS. Although more spyware apps exist that provide more access and features, Mobile Spy has been known as the beginner standard of spyware apps.

Hoverwatch:

This spyware app was developed to help parents deal with the problems with their children involving them being on gadgets and screens all the time. Parents have expressed concerns and given the recent tsunami of social media becoming the only source of socializing, it is impossible to know what exposure the children are getting. Hoverwatch addressed the issue by allowing parents to not only put locks on content that they would choose to prohibit but even record calls and take screenshots at any time. The target device’s user will never know what’s going on and now that Hoverwatch also offers camera access to the target device, the user will always be in view of the administrator. Now, this app was specifically designed for parental purposes but let’s not be so naïve as to say that this can’t or won’t be used against us.

Highster Mobile:

Just a few steps involving you buying and downloading the app to the target device and putting in your information and the license key that you get with the purchase of the app into your own viewing device and voila! You are now officially the guardian angel watching over everything. From text messages monitoring and call logs access to knowing where the phone is in real time. The next thing they provide is access to photos, browsing histories and even social media monitoring that has been demanded by so many parents. This is the prime example of the Android spyware apps that are available for purchase on the market.

M-Spy Lite:

WhatsApp tracking, Facebook monitoring and your usual spyware features like giving access to all the information like browsing histories, call logs, messages and the locations of the device. But what makes mSpy a more effective tool for monitoring purposes is the keylogger tool along with the no jailbreak solution that has been updated recently. From knowing how to read someone’s text messages to know exactly what they are typing all the time along with all the links that they have opened and apps. Keyloggers can even keep track of the keystrokes typed in instant messages or pop-ups that most spyware apps can’t track.

Conclusion:

Smartphones are a very sensitive matter since they are now becoming an extension to ourselves. All our private data, personal belongings, and even financial resources are available to be hacked into if we are not aware of what sort of dangers exist out there. These are just the apps available on the market. One can’t help but wonder what else is out there.