To test the spyware, Action 7 News purchased software for about $350, and with permission, installed it on an employee's phone.
Producers Robin and Laura agreed to be spied on.
So what can the software do?
"I can follow you around if your phone has GPS technology. I can see where you are, I can read your e-mails, I can read your text messaging," said Carr.
Once Robin makes a phone call from several miles away, a cell phone in the newsroom receives a text message alert about her call. The newsroom cell phone is able to listen to the phone call between Robin and her fiance.
Robin's GPS location could also be continuously monitored.
And even with her phoned turned off, her conversation over lunch with her colleague Laura could be heard on the newsroom cell phone.
(Emphasis in the last line is mine)
So there goes our ultimate sanction against a machine takeover — no more "Hah! Let's see how far you get after I pull the plug on you, you bastard!"
The bully just so happens to play the flute, and makes a little money by selling recordings of him playing.
The bully is Ian Anderson?
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