Mobile Spy ups mobile snooping powers

Mobile Spy, a new application from Retina-X Studios, monitors calls and text messages and reports them back to a central server. When installed on a Windows Mobile device, Mobile Spy allows parents to keep watch on their child's phone, or enables employers to enforce an acceptable use policy on their staff - though the legality …

[Alan Edwards]

DumbPhones

Maybe this will provoke a resurgence in mobiles that don't do much besides let you talk to people. I've still got handsets that are so dumb they don't even do GPRS.

For a laugh, hand someone a Nokia 2110 and say 'Install your spyware on that!'.