It’s best to be upfront about tracking somebody and respect
their right to privacy, but if you absolutely must track a phone without the
owner’s consent or knowledge (if you’re a parent), here are a few tips how to
do it.
Tracking
a smartphone user is relatively simple. The easiest method
is to install a tracking app on the person’s phone whenever you get a chance to
do so discreetly. Do it when they’re sleeping or they leave to go
somewhere – and don’t forget to hide the icon of whatever app you
install. You can place it in an obscure folder and hope they don’t notice it
too soon, or you can also install an app hider program (like Poof for
example) to make the icon disappear entirely.
Non-smartphone tracking
can be a bit more difficult. If the phone is GPS-enabled, it’s the same drill
as above – just wait until the person leaves their phone unattended for an
extended period of time, and send them an invite to use Google Latitude from your phone. Approve the request on
their phone, and hide the evidence as best you can.
If the phone you’re trying to track isn’t GPS-enabled, however, you’ll have to pull a James Bond maneuver and install a GPS chip on the phone before you can pinpoint its location. This might be a bit of an arduous task, as you’ll have to figure out which particular archaic model of phone they have, find and purchase a GPS chip that’s compatible with the device, and then successfully install the chip without their knowledge. Try going to a specialty electronics shop or spy gear retailer to find the right hardware. The other option is locating the phone in question via triangulation, but doing it this way means gaining access to cell phone tower data – and the feds probably wouldn’t approve of that.
In
conclusion, we know that there are tons of other great tracking apps we didn’t
mention here, so we invite you to share your favorites with us in the
comments.
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