Switched has a new home! Huffpost Tech.

Click here to visit the new home of Switched!

Hot on HuffPost Tech:

See More Stories
AOL Tech

Cell Phone Spy Lets Anyone Read Your Old Text Messages

by Tim Stevens on February 27, 2008 at 01:29 PM

Cell Phone Spy Recovers, Exposes Deleted TextsThought you were safe by deleting those texts from your secret lover as soon as you received them, or by hiding them under a docile-sounding address book entry? Think again, shady, because a new device promises to find and restore those deleted texts, pull the contents of your address book, and then transfer the lot to any computer with a USB port.

The device is called the Cell Phone Spy. It's a $150 reader for SIM cards, which most phones use to store information about contacts and text messages. As is the case with many computer technologies, a "deleted" file isn't truly gone, just flagged as no longer needed. This reader, and the software it comes with, is able to locate those deleted files and recover them, meaning that the booty text you sent last night and promptly deleted can be restored for all to see.

The device could also be useful for those looking to back up their contacts or transfer them to a new phone, but without a doubt, the primary push here is snooping, so if you've been witness to some suspicious cell phone activity lately, you might want to get yourself one of these.

From textually.org

Related Links:

Tags: Cell Phone Spy, CellPhoneSpy, Sim Card, SimCard, Snoop

Comments

4

Add your comments

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.

HuffPost AOL Social News Most Popular