The phones look identical to those without the software and can be bought in bulk LAM YIK FEI/GETTY IMAGESSmartphones with pre-installed advanced tracking software are on sale in Britain to help employers to snoop on their staff. The devices can be bought in bulk and sold on to unwitting customers, who would have no indication that their messages, location, app usage, call histories, photographs and emails were being monitored at all times. Targeting employers who aim to “protect [their] company from inappropriate usage” and offering spouses “peace of mind”, the California-based company Spyfones promises customers “the most advanced mobile tracking software in the world”. A sales agent for the company told The Times that the user would have no indication in their settings that the handset was being tracked. “Everything will be hidden so there will be no trace,” he said.

Source: The Times September 11, 2017 15:56 UTC