Simply put, a Cell Phone Tracker is a small piece of spy software. I know – that sounds pretty scandalous, doesn’t it? It’s not really that big of a deal, though – you won’t be stealing govt. secrets or showing up on wiki-leaks with one.
You know those security cameras you see in office buildings and department stores? How they just sit there and record what’s going on? Well, that’s basically what a Cell Phone Tracker does. Once it’s installed, it sits on the phone and just records information that you can access later on. A good Cell Phone Tracker can tell you:
- what phone calls have been made (and to who)
- what phone calls have been received (and from whom)
- where the phone has been (uses GPS location)
- what contacts are in the phone
- all text, picture messages, and SMS sent
- what websites have been visited
- even give you access to any pictures/videos that have been taken
How Does a Cell Phone Tracker Work?
A good Cell Phone Tracker is actually a mix of technology in that it’s both a software *and* a service.
The first thing you’ll need to do is actually install the cell phone tracker on the cell phone itself. So, it’s VERY important to note that you’ll actually need unrestricted access to the phone you want to monitor. This step is crucial, because if you get caught, then your whole plan goes bad.
But, as long as you can get access to the phone, then you’re good to go. A Cell Phone Tracker doesn’t take long to install – literally only a couple minutes. Once you’ve done that, it’s virtually undetectable (don’t worry – the person won’t know it’s on the phone) and starts recording and logging data immediately.
That’s the software part of the Cell Phone Tracker. The actual “service” part is that you then have access to a website that you can access from any browser on your computer or smartphone. Using a secure connection with login credentials that only you’ll have, you then can then access all the logged data at any time you wish.