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After loading the program on the target cell phone (currently only compatible with Windows Mobile phones and BlackBerrys) the application can be controlled from a Web site. Snoops can then read every outgoing and incoming text message, and even block certain parties from getting through. You can also read any e-mail that comes to the phone, and view call and browsing history.
TechGuard costs about $11 a month. But, if you're really this nosy, we think that money might be better spent buying yourself some anti-anxiety drugs. [From: CBS News]
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Subscribe to commentsMattNov 5th 2008 1:57AM
I'm interested in putting this on my daughters phone for safety reasons. If she should come up missing or be nowhere to be found this would help me out a lot. How will she know it's installed on her phone if I take it from her and tell her there is a recall and I need to take in for an hour for updates? Does it leave a icon on the Blackberry desktop?
JohnNov 5th 2008 3:58AM
I see a lot of sideways comments in this thread. Who are you to tell a parent how to (or not to) raise their children? Instead of the author making rude comments and ridiculous assuptions about a parent's situation with their children, he could have just as easily put up factual information and let the consumers decide for themselves. He is entitled to his opinion, but the little slam at the end about need anxiety drugs is simply childish, uncalled for, and rather arrogant.
As a father of four, and a former soldier who spent plenty of time fighting for that highly touted freedom of speech, I will say quite frankly that it does not extend to my kids. I am constantly in their business, asking questions, demanding to know their whereabouts, monitoring how long and to whom they are on the phone with, and keeping track of their web time and where they choose to spend it. When I was growing up this wasn't called snoopoing, it was called "good parenting".
So yeah..this product may not be for everyone, but for parents with troubled teens, or that simply want to keep better tabs on their kids, I would think this product would fit nicely.
SteveONov 5th 2008 1:14PM
Being a parent involves open comunication... Try it and you wont have to use this program. Oh yeah, How about keeping your significant other happy and they might not have to give you a reason to be suspicious of them going somewhere else or using this on his/her phone? Just a reasonable thought
vonJan 18th 2009 7:50PM
When the parent pays the phone bill it's not the childs phone if they feel the need to check on what little suzy and tommie are doing. Kids today lie alot and you have no ideal what they are doing away from home no matter if you have good parenting or not..What child tells their parent everything..teens drink, have sex, smoke they, skip school and they text and tell..My child is grown don't have to worry about that problem..