Spy Software

[Kyle Fenton]

Originally posted by Jnadke
What do you mean by 'spy' software? You want to spy on someone's computer?

If so, that's hacking. Under the new 9/11 laws, you could be sent for life imprisionment for any form of hacking. Are you sure you want this "spy" software now?

Also this thread would be closed for promoting illegal activity.

If you own the computer, then it is perfectly legal to remotely spy on a person using it. There are many programs that allow you to do it... if you are looking for freeware you might want to try C|Net Downloads.

Well he is partly correct. While spying is kind of bad, it may or may not be legal. Depends on the terminology you want to use. Many companies monitor, employees activities to make sure they are doing the right stuff. Schools usually employ software that can monitor students activities. However if you are planning to implant is as a virus, and use it to see what they are doing, than yes that is illegal. No, and hacking is not life in prison, it is most of the times, 5 years and a fine, of course that depends on what you hack into. The only time when that is legal if you have a wire-tap order issued by the courts.

The only spy software that I know of that is remotely free, is one of those programs that takes Jpeg screen shots that run in the background. But those are easy to spot, because you will eventually notice that your hard drive files will be getting larger and larger, without you doing anything. Then finding the programs would be easily shut down. I forgot the names on them but you can find them at download.com, tucows.com, and so on.