World Tracker turns anyone into a cellphone spy

Forget those piddly wiretaps. The next frontier in warrant-free surveillance is upon us, and it's open to everyone. A UK service called World Tracker apparently uses cell tower data (or GPS, when available) to track the location of just about any GSM cellphone. Just enter the number you want to track into the service's handy Google Maps-based interface, and you'll be able to zoom in on the device's location, with accuracy somewhere between 50 and 500 meters. The first time you try to track a phone, a text message is sent to the owner, who must reply in order to enable tracking (we'll leave it to you to figure out how to work around this if you need to track a spouse, kid or employee). The service is currently compatible with O2, Vodafone, Orange and T-Mobile in the UK, and has plans to expand to other markets including Germany, Spain, Norway and the US. If, that is, privacy advocates don't shut it down first.

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[zosima a. panares @ Oct 12th 2006 11:24AM]

I hope you can help me recover the passwords of my lenovo cell phone. I forgot the password given by my friend from Thailand. I could not contanct him. His number is in the phone but I could not open the phone. The camera, messaging have passwords. Please help me

[Denise @ Oct 16th 2006 12:55AM]

My husband's company transferred his nextel account to theirs and I no longer have access to his account I desperately need to find out their password so I can view his call history.

[monica @ Nov 7th 2006 3:29PM]

I need your help.. please contact me, regarding voicemail code how open it..

[mike @ Mar 22nd 2007 2:01PM]

did u ever figure it out?

[V-ger @ Feb 6th 2006 1:46PM]

I would allow tracking on mine permenantly - just to be able to locate it EVERY time I misplace it!!!

[johnadeoye @ Feb 9th 2006 8:47PM]

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[john mcnight @ Feb 3rd 2008 2:28PM]

does it track bell mobility phones in canada?

[kalvin baker @ Mar 28th 2008 8:26PM]

thank for everthing

[Jolinda Phelps @ Feb 13th 2006 8:29PM]

#28 in Readers Comments mentioned the fact that a cell conversation can be 'listened in' on without the user having knowledge. My husband is calling his ex (I've checked his phone bill repeatedly). He says they are JUST FRIENDS..yeah right. I really, really want to listen in on his conversations. How do I do that? Someone help, please? Thanks.

[marcello @ Feb 8th 2008 10:51PM]

what happ now

[Bryan @ Feb 14th 2008 8:16PM]

Is it possible to track my girl friend though her cell phone? I think she is seeing her ex while i am at work. and i just cant catch her.

[trina @ Feb 17th 2008 3:30AM]

Trying t explore what this is really about..thnks!

[Musa Mwinga @ Mar 4th 2008 3:10AM]

I leave in Zambia, Africa and someone's been stalking me, making annonymus calls with hidden caller ID. This perwson seems to know me too well, how can I track his phone number and his phone/sim contents? pliz someone help.

[fedup @ Mar 24th 2008 3:52PM]

I have seen a lot of people asking how to track their phone. I keep getting hangup calls from a cell. I am pretty sure I know who it is just want to confirm the location who tell me who. Is there anything I can do to find out anything about this number and/or location?

[Avant @ May 10th 2008 11:55PM]

Hey any good some out how to read text's message.

[Barry @ Mar 25th 2008 7:34PM]

This looks great - Any updates since 06?

[james @ Mar 29th 2008 10:20AM]

need info plz. wife is cheating but i need proof.

[Barry @ Nov 4th 2009 5:52PM]

On March 29, 2008 @ 10:20 AM, James asked “Need info plz. Wife is cheating but I need proof”.
Do you still need to know? Here is what you need to do. They are at www.world-tracker.com. Buy a new phone for your wife or sneak hers away for a few minutes. Buy the service and have them send a text message to her phone (or the new one that you bought for her) and then delete the message. From then on, she will not know that her phone is being tracked, and you will know EXACTLY where she is every minute of the day—accurate within 50-150 meters, and that is only a little more than 150-450 feet away—only a chance of it being 1½ football fields wrong from where she really is.

[Helen @ Feb 28th 2006 8:45AM]

I want to know this too please about the listening in function.

[taiba @ May 16th 2008 7:54PM]

how can i know where my friends at ?
how can i get that program ?
help me plz

[erika k @ Jun 23rd 2008 6:48AM]

Where or who can get me a cell tracker. I need to track a cell nr. in Romania. If i could see the SMS from and to that nr. it would be great.

[Adil @ Jul 17th 2008 4:31PM]

MY 15 YEAR OLD SISTER IS MISSING! PLEASE HELP ME TRACK THIS PHONE!URGENT! THANK YOU!

[Tony @ Jul 21st 2008 8:38AM]

i need to trace my wife cell phone calls,, how can i do that??? In East Africa

[csbtty @ Aug 12th 2008 8:30AM]

I found a spy software for Mobile Phone: http://www.spy-mobile-phone.com/

Take a look and be careful of the spy software

[brian @ Apr 11th 2006 2:10AM]

i'm looking for a site to track a location of a cell phone under my account, i think my wife is cheating. verizon motorola e815, if anyone has info hook me up. thnaks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kimkim @ Aug 25th 2008 8:09PM]

I have a teenager that is not being honest about her wherabouts. Can you recommend a service to track her cell phone location, thus tracking where she is at any given moment of the day. Any leads would be greatly appreciated. My teenager has a Sidekick LX through tmobile.

[cfsousa @ Aug 26th 2008 8:39AM]

Hello!

Well, I' ve read all the messages posted in this thread, and I don't think it's possible for anyone to track another people's celular... But if I am wrong, please let me know what software should I use.

[e-mail]

Thanks!

Best regards,
cfsousa

[Jose Medina @ Sep 10th 2008 1:48PM]

What I like to do is when some one calls me or any one in my phone list so that I can be able to track them down to were I have an Idea were they are or from my PC laptop just by putting the cel # from my laptop I can also track who ever it may be

[Doc @ Sep 7th 2008 11:26PM]

To everyone anywhere who has ever lost your cellphone password:

The universal password to open ANY phone is (no quotes or spaces)

" ******** "

[Doc @ Sep 7th 2008 11:29PM]

Oh hell...sorry about that. This stupid website hid it.
Oh well.

[shadow @ Sep 15th 2008 6:05PM]

i need to track my brother where he go, he is always missing

[shone @ Apr 25th 2006 10:46AM]

# 36 & #37 Did you get a reply? I really need this technology..........

[James @ Mar 29th 2008 10:16AM]

I am in the same boat. I think my wife is cheating on me but I need proof that she isn't where she says she is. can someone hook me up with the tracking info plz I really need this. [e-mail]

[RAKESH @ Oct 6th 2008 11:20AM]

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[craig @ Oct 3rd 2008 1:48AM]

i think my girl frind is cheatin on me wile im at work any help with trackin her cell # without her knowing. i need to know asap cauz if she is not im going to ask her to marry me,

[eli @ Oct 17th 2008 6:45AM]

only searching to find something absolutly free!no charges for anythig to locate!

[appu @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:11AM]

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[inspector gadjet @ Nov 2nd 2008 1:19AM]

I need to see past and current text messages from a samsung sprint cell phone, How can I access these with just the cell phone number, no access to phone any longer.

[John @ Nov 14th 2008 3:16PM]

Hey does this work in the USA

[Liberty @ Nov 16th 2008 9:22PM]

Can somebody please tell me the website address to sign up for this? [e-mail]

[Be Honest @ Dec 26th 2008 12:05AM]

Wouldn't it be better to use this service for HONEST and MORAL purposes. Think - How would you like it if it was the other way round? It is not clever to be tracking your alleged wife or missing child or friend etc without talking to them first.
Missing person? - Tell the police.
Mistrusting someone? - Sort out your personal life. Talk to them. If you can't do that then the relationship is over so wake up and start over.

[Usman @ Dec 26th 2008 4:01PM]

I want to know the addres of my friend i know her Number plz help me its too important
thanks

[candace @ Jan 3rd 2009 11:45AM]

my husband has a code to get into text messages and call log how can i get through it?

[jblaufuss @ Jan 17th 2009 4:48AM]

This is another service for tracking cell phones. It is free to use. It only works on GPS enabled Windows Mobile Phones. You download the application to your phone and then you have the ability to turn it on and off. While it is on, your phones location is sent to a server via your celluar network, you can then log in to the website and see where your phone is located, which direction the phone is traveling, and how fast the phone is traveling. http://myphonelocator.com

[Josephat Emurugat @ Jan 21st 2009 9:13AM]

Am having problem locating my expensive phones and guys am looking for amd are not honest in business.

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