Comments on: Mobile Spy monitors messages, calls, location of a BlackBerry

By: Cooper

Cooper — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:48:20 +0000

@Usha Jaiswal

Unfortunately there is no software like that available on the BlackBerry at the moment.

By: Usha Jaiswal

Usha Jaiswal — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:49:08 +0000

Hello,
I have a Black Berry 7130g. I have unlocked the phone through web, because it was locked by Vodaphone.
Presently I am using Aircel sim in it.
Is there any software which is supported by Black Berry 7130g, which can record conversation automatically, which can be listen later on?
If yes than kindly please inform me on my email id.
With regards

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BlackBerry News From The Wire for the Week of 10/26/2009 | BB Geeks — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:01:36 +0000

[...] Mobile Spy raises a valid ethical question: when is it okay to spy on someone’s BlackBerry? (Part of the answer is when it’s not their BlackBerry, but yours that they use.) [...]

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:59:14 +0000

“Firms selling products like this are not amoral (”it depends how you use the equipment”); they are immoral. They are happy to foster suspicion and deceit for the purposes of making money.”

This is a staggeringly naive comment. I am sure that there are plenty of legitimate uses for this software – just because it is something that you do not approve doesn’t mean anything other than… you don’t like it.

By: Cooper

Cooper — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:49:44 +0000

@ SilverTiger Very well though out comment – thank you for your input.

By: SilverTiger

SilverTiger — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:41:35 +0000

To my mind, the ethical issues are clear: covert tracking of someone without their permission is immoral and should be illegal. Only the police and similar agencies should be allowed to do this, having shown a need for it.

If an employer wishes to keep track of employees, he should be upfront about it and tell them the phone is bugged. Better still, the software on the phone should be visible and impossible to hide. Employees will then know to use their own phones for private business (which they should do in any case).

If someone stoops to checking on a spouse or partner in this way, then the relationship is doomed anyway because a negative result will never prove innocence, just that guilt has not yet been established. The person setting up the check has already decided that the victim is guilty.

Firms selling products like this are not amoral (“it depends how you use the equipment”); they are immoral. They are happy to foster suspicion and deceit for the purposes of making money.

Don’t stand on the fence here. Be honest and say this software is unethical and should not be used.

By: DavidB

DavidB — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:10:29 +0000

This app sounds similar to BlackTrack. It is available here: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/2183

BlackTrack claims there is no server involved (other than the email servers your report might transit of course) and all “processing” takes place on the BlackBerry itself. It is promoted as a method to track activity for billing purposes (such as a lawyer or accountant might need) and is stated to be 100% free.