Mobile spyware, sometimes called stalkerware, can be installed onto your phone to monitor information such as calls, text messages, emails, location, photos, and browsing history. In some cases it may be able to take photos and record nearby conversations.
Long story short: yes, someone can monitor your phone to keep tabs on all your activities. This includes phone calls, texts, browser activity, photos, videos, apps, and more. This is often done via spyware, a form of malware designed for monitoring a device's activity remotely.
Yes, it's true that someone can install spyware on your phone without even touching it. What's worse is that users of mobile spying software are not just hackers, but nosey people in your life. After reading this article, though, you'll know how to tell if that's happened.
Viewing Google History on Android
You can easily look up browsing history on someone's phone by following these steps: Open the Google app on a device. Click Options in the bottom right corner of the screen. Click Settings -> Accounts & Privacy -> My activity.
Who can see my mobile data history? Your mobile data history is accessible to your mobile service provider. They can see when and how much data you use, as well as your general location (based on which cell tower you're connected to).
Deleting your browsing history is like deleting your email's “Sent” folder. On your end, it's gone, but the information has already been sent. Your information is on the WiFi owners' router logs, even if you have cleared it on your end.
Your Wi-Fi router knows your IP address, so it can also track you through it. By hiding your IP address with a VPN, you can easily hide your browsing history from the ISP. Furthermore, another added benefit of using a VPN is that it encrypts your data traffic and makes you utterly anonymous over the web.
It just hides (some of) your browser's identity from the websites you visit. But an ISP can see through it. ISPs can know more than you might want about private matters like your personal health or your finances. Using all of this data, they could create an accurate profile on you and tie it to your IP address.
Yes, a partner, parent, or even employer can gain remote, real-time access to your iPhone using spying software. Spyware can track your GPS location, record your keypad inputs such as credit card numbers and passwords, and monitor your calls, texts, app usage, emails, voice, and other personal data.
If you want to stop phone tracking, you can change your phone settings, switch to a private browser, configure your app permissions more carefully, or use a VPN.
Spyware can be used by anyone, not just hackers
One popular app, mSpy, boasts the ability to monitor text messages, calls and social media interactions. The app can be installed remotely on an iPhone if you have the proper iCloud credentials. For Android phones, someone will need to install it on the phone directly.
Using Spy/Monitoring apps
Spy apps, monitoring software, and parental control apps offer a unique way of keeping tabs on someone. These apps can show your browser history, social media chats, call details, SMS texts, location, and other private sensitive information available on your phone.
Can someone mirror my phone without me knowing? Yes—it's possible for someone to monitor your phone without your knowledge. While viruses are extremely rare to find on iPhones, it's not impossible.
Android. It's possible to find spy software on an Android by looking inside the files on the phone. Go to Settings – Applications – Manage Applications or Running Services, and you may be able to spot suspicious looking files.
Is it legal for my spouse to spy on my iPhone? No they cannot – it is illegal under Federal and State law to intercept or access private electronic information kept in electronic storage. It is also illegal to hack your spouse's cell phone for text messages, Facebook, or email account(s).
WhoSnooped – One of two iPhone options, this app enables you set a trap for a snooper, should you suspect someone is trying to access information on your mobile phone. To set the trap, set your camera to front facing, click on “Start Who Snooped” to lock your phone.
You install a parental control app on your kid's phone and parents can check everything that their kid does on his phone remotely from parent's device. This is the best option for both Android and iOS users. However, if your kid uses an iPhone, you can check his iPhone activities from iCloud account.
To browse the web privately, you can use private browsing, sign out of your account, change your custom results settings, or delete past activity. If you want to search the web without saving your search activity to your account, you can use private browsing mode in a browser (like Chrome or Safari).
Important: If you delete Search history that's saved to your Google Account, you can't get it back. You can delete a specific activity, or delete your Search history from a specific day, a custom date range, or all time.
Almost every Wi-Fi router keeps logs of the websites the connected devices are visiting. Only the Wi-Fi owner has the permission to check out the logs of the Wi-Fi router to understand which connected user visited which websites. Therefore, when you are connected to someone's Wi-Fi, he can see your browsing history.
Messages you send through Wi-Fi using messengers and other chat apps won't be readable by the Wi-Fi owner. Most messengers and chat apps use end-to-end encryption to secure text messages. End-to-end encryption encrypts your texts on your phone before they are sent over the internet.
Can my employer see my internet activity on my personal phone? A: NO, if your personal phone is not connected to the company's WIFI or if you did not grand any access to your personal phone to your employer.