Last I knew, although the government is using warrantless wiretapping these days, it was still illegal for the rest of us in the U.S. Even if the phone is stolen, I doubt that listening in on conversations without the knowledge of at least one party to the conversation is even legal.

I think this can be misused also. The user can sell his phone to a friend or acquaintance and then eavesdrop on the conversation. The company should modify the product

The Adeona laptop-tracking solution looks pretty interesting and I do like the fact that it’s open source. For some reason, I feel more trusting of a open source app in this space over a solution from a for-profit entity. There’s still privacy risk involved in either case, so you have to assess your own personal risk tolerance.

I blogged the very same software minutes ago.
I think the best part is that it appears they have a deal with nokia to preinstall the software in factory.
My question: a tech-saavy thief can just restore a stock firmware in the phone and be happy. isn’t that true?
And, this software doesn’t appear to be opensource. I don’t like the idea that some “hidden” software can phone home whenever it wants.
mmmh. For example, I found a great idea the project started some months ago for protecting stolen laptops [http://adeona.cs.washington.edu/index.html. that software and platform is opensource: I don’t fear that.
kevin, what do you think?

That Spy Call feature could also be used in a Jerry Lewis fashion. As noted on Seinfeld, supposedly he would leave a meeting early with a tape recorder in it then come back to retrieve it and the tape of what they said about him after he left.