eBlaster Mobile will cost you a pretty penny ($69.95/year for one license, direct), but it's one of the more comprehensive mobile surveillance tools in the parental control category of mobile security apps. Brought to you by PC surveillance expert SpectorSoft, the folks behind Spector Pro 2011, this tool lets you discreetly track every call, text message, website visited, and GPS coordinate on your target's Android device; it captures even more on a BlackBerry device, such as BBM conversations and Instant Messages sent via Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, and Google Talk. These cell phone activities (called "Activity Reports") are emailed to you at a frequency and detail you can adjust, though not as much as I'd like.
Parental espionage
eBlaster Mobile is marketed towards parents who want to monitor their children’s mobile usage, particularly in an era where they have to worry about sexting and truancy and what not. Spector Soft insists customers inform their child that the program has been installed (User Agreement reads: "I agree to install eBlaster Mobile on a phone that I own or have been given permission to install. I also agree to inform any users of this phone that their activities are being monitored.") However, once installed there's no trace of eBlaster Mobile on the target's device, not even in Task Manager, so in reality I don't expect people to inform their target.
For instance, I’ve long suspected that my colleague Eugene Kim faked his weekly sick days. Without fail, he'd call in sick every Thursday (NB. Wednesday night is Ladies' Night here in New York City) and leave me to cover all his menial responsibilities. Tired of his truancy, I became determined to gather evidence of his fake illnesses and expose him to HR.
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