grrlsmom
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Post by grrlsmom on Aug 17, 2017 3:32:24 GMT
For under $100 a year, you can spy on someone's phone - everything on it. Has anyone tried it?
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Post by busy on Aug 17, 2017 3:39:08 GMT
Nope. Can't imagine circumstances that would drive me to do that.
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Post by smokeynspike on Aug 17, 2017 3:39:09 GMT
Ugh, that is a big NO. That is a turnoff for me. If I wouldn't want it done to myself, I wouldn't do that to anyone else. Trust or no trust. I'd rather have it out until the truth flies than to spy on someone.
Melissa
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Post by teacherlisa on Aug 17, 2017 3:40:53 GMT
yeah, I'd never use that.
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Post by kluski on Aug 17, 2017 4:57:53 GMT
How does it work? How can you spy on another's phone? Wouldn't they need the app too? Then is it really spying? Hmmm... clearly I haven't used it and hope I don't have to.
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MizIndependent
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Post by MizIndependent on Aug 17, 2017 5:12:49 GMT
Can't imagine that's in any way legal.
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Post by cmpeter on Aug 17, 2017 5:14:51 GMT
No...I can't imagine a situation where I would need an app like that.
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Post by elaine on Aug 17, 2017 5:19:30 GMT
It isn't really spying. Yes, the device has to be registered with the Spyzie account. It is for parents monitoring their kids' phone usage or for employers to keep tab of their employees' business phones.
I have no interest or need. If I had a kid with phone and trust issues, maybe, but not as it stands.
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anniebygaslight
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Post by anniebygaslight on Aug 17, 2017 5:50:53 GMT
Absolutely not.
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Post by anniefb on Aug 17, 2017 6:23:32 GMT
No need for anything like that.
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Post by mollycoddle on Aug 17, 2017 8:45:16 GMT
It isn't really spying. Yes, the device has to be registered with the Spyzie account. It is for parents monitoring their kids' phone usage or for employers to keep tab of their employees' business phones. I have no interest or need. If I had a kid with phone and trust issues, maybe, but not as it stands. I can see using it to monitor a kid with trust issues, too.
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Post by anonrefugee on Aug 17, 2017 13:13:32 GMT
It isn't really spying. Yes, the device has to be registered with the Spyzie account. It is for parents monitoring their kids' phone usage or for employers to keep tab of their employees' business phones. I have no interest or need. If I had a kid with phone and trust issues, maybe, but not as it stands. I admit I haven't read the link, but if it's for parents or employer-owned phone it's less sensational than spying! I have no need in my life, but others might have a legitimate need for this.
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Post by melanell on Aug 17, 2017 13:35:14 GMT
It isn't really spying. Yes, the device has to be registered with the Spyzie account. It is for parents monitoring their kids' phone usage or for employers to keep tab of their employees' business phones. I have no interest or need. If I had a kid with phone and trust issues, maybe, but not as it stands. I admit I haven't read the link, but if it's for parents or employer-owned phone it's less sensational than spying! I have no need in my life, but others might have a legitimate need for this. There was a link? I can't find one here, now. Anyway, I did read about this or something just like it once before---and in that case it was being used by a parent to monitor a young teen who came home to an empty house each day. Well, I guess more precisely to make sure that the child went home everyday--or at least on the days that they were supposed to. I do not have a need for something like that at this point in my life, and I am glad, because I imagine that while it is probably meant to reduce stress for a parent, I think it might actually create more---at least for me. And if my kid was with a group of friends instead of being home where he belonged, couldn't he just use his friends' phones and leave his own phone "safely" at home? ETA: After thinking about it a bit more, I guess you could use this app to be sure the phone is where it is supposed to be, and then have the kid call or text every so often to show that the kid is actually with their phone. So that may be one way around the problem I was imagining earlier. Save
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 14:29:00 GMT
I have no one in my life that I feel the need to spy on and I'd be livid if I found out someone was spying on me.
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grrlsmom
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Post by grrlsmom on Aug 17, 2017 14:55:01 GMT
It is for a teen (with trust issues, because yeah). I'm having problems with myself about putting it on and I guess I wanted validation. DH is allllll for it, but I still just feel 'slimy', ya know?
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Rhondito
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Post by Rhondito on Aug 17, 2017 15:04:14 GMT
There would have to be some drastic reasons for me to even put it on a teen's phone. That's a huge invasion of privacy.
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naby64
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Post by naby64 on Aug 17, 2017 15:13:03 GMT
I haven't heard of it nor have I used it. I do have to say if the trust issues were so bad I had to use an app to keep track of usage and such, they just wouldn't have a phone.
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Post by elaine on Aug 17, 2017 15:28:02 GMT
I haven't heard of it nor have I used it. I do have to say if the trust issues were so bad I had to use an app to keep track of usage and such, they just wouldn't have a phone. Trust issues also relate to where the teen is and when. The app allows for tracking where the phone is, in addition to the content of texts. It just isn't practical to have a teen without a phone in most households. And taking away the phone wouldn't help if you had a teen cutting school, sneaking to boyfriend/girlfriend's house, visiting drug dealers, etc. There are quite a few teens who have had to go through drug/alcohol rehab, have been in legal trouble, have had serious mental health issues - including suicide attempts, and a variety of other serious issues. It isn't my place to judge them, nor the steps their parents might take to keep them safe.
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Post by mom on Aug 17, 2017 15:41:35 GMT
Yeah, this isn't something I would be comfortable using. Though, I suppose there are instances where it be ok for some people.
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naby64
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Post by naby64 on Aug 17, 2017 18:55:03 GMT
I haven't heard of it nor have I used it. I do have to say if the trust issues were so bad I had to use an app to keep track of usage and such, they just wouldn't have a phone. Trust issues also relate to where the teen is and when. The app allows for tracking where the phone is, in addition to the content of texts. It just isn't practical to have a teen without a phone in most households. And taking away the phone wouldn't help if you had a teen cutting school, sneaking to boyfriend/girlfriend's house, visiting drug dealers, etc. There are quite a few teens who have had to go through drug/alcohol rehab, have been in legal trouble, have had serious mental health issues - including suicide attempts, and a variety of other serious issues. It isn't my place to judge them, nor the steps their parents might take to keep them safe. You're right. I hadn't given all that thought. I was only looking at it from a "phone" issue. This opens my eyes a bit more to what others have gone through and are going through. I tend to think simple.
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Post by kate on Aug 17, 2017 19:50:09 GMT
I would totally use that if I thought I needed it for one of my kids. I would tell them, though, that they have no expectation of privacy on their phones.
It's like work email - I would not write anything from my work address that wouldn't be acceptable to by boss' eyes.
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Post by papersilly on Aug 17, 2017 22:15:21 GMT
i've never had to need or desire to spy on anyone's phone. DH and I have each other's passwords and fingerprints on each other's phones. i don't care about anyone else.
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JustTricia
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Post by JustTricia on Aug 17, 2017 22:22:51 GMT
If I had trust issues with my child and they had to have a phone due to logistical reasons, I would consider using an app like that. However, I would tell my child I was putting it on there.
If I thought the phone was someplace where the kid really wasn't, then obscure picture requests would be instituted. "Oh? You're at McDonald's with Jack? I want a picture within the next 30 seconds of you and Jack, you holding up your left thumb and Jack touching his nose with his right ring finger." Change it up to something obscure every time.
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Post by morrisiso on Jul 8, 2019 2:56:35 GMT
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Post by papersilly on Jul 8, 2019 3:10:05 GMT
How jealous, insecure, or that much of a stalker does one have to be to do this?
ETA: I'm talking about adult men and women who do this to their spouses our partners. Parents are a different thing.
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Post by refugeepea on Jul 8, 2019 3:34:15 GMT
There are quite a few teens who have had to go through drug/alcohol rehab, have been in legal trouble, have had serious mental health issues - including suicide attempts, and a variety of other serious issues. It isn't my place to judge them, nor the steps their parents might take to keep them safe. Worth repeating
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2019 3:43:14 GMT
If I had a teenager going off a deep end and I felt it would help keep track of what it going on in their lives, what drives their decisions, yes, I would use it. In previous generations it was easy enough to just institute a curfew shortly after school let out and they stayed home with a parent. That isn't the reality for many many families any more. A couple of my facebook friends post multiple missing/run away teens posters every day. Had those families known what was going on in the texts and who the teen was calling/being called by would be invaluable to the police to get them home safely.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Jul 8, 2019 4:24:19 GMT
This thread is two years old, bumped by a One Post Wonder who registered three days ago.
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Post by StephDRebel on Jul 8, 2019 13:33:54 GMT
If I had trust issues with my child and they had to have a phone due to logistical reasons, I would consider using an app like that. However, I would tell my child I was putting it on there. If I thought the phone was someplace where the kid really wasn't, then obscure picture requests would be instituted. "Oh? You're at McDonald's with Jack? I want a picture within the next 30 seconds of you and Jack, you holding up your left thumb and Jack touching his nose with his right ring finger." Change it up to something obscure every time. This is how I held my kids accountable. It turned into a thing and ended up being quite entertaining.
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