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Snoop iPhone data with limitations

The iPhone Spy Stick can be used to snoop information that is stored on a user's iPhone (even deleted data), within limitations. The ill-intentioned will want to keep reading.

The way that it works sounds simple (we haven't played with one yet). Just connect the stick and the target iPhone to a computer and run the included software, which pulls all sorts of data from the phone. You'll find deleted texts, calendar events, photos, and contact information. It'll also find recent map searches, locations tracked via GPS, Web history, and voice memos.

Are you scared yet? Don't be. In order to work, the iPhone Spy Stick requires a Windows machine (Windows XP, Vista, or 7 only) and an iPhone that is running iOS 3.2.1 (and earlier). In other words, you can't run it on any iPhone from any machine. That's still some hard core snooping, though.

I love that the manufacturer boasts that the device "Looks like an ordinary USB flash drive - no one will suspect that it's a professional grade forensics tool." I suppose that's in spite of the fact that is says, "iPhone Spy Stick" in huge, black and white letters. You can get yours for US$199.

[Via Übergizmo]

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kinto

what's the big deal?

people should freely share every personal detail anyway, right?

just upload that to the cloud, friend... trust us... it's cool.

WOKKA WOKKA!

August 19 2010 at 2:11 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Plugtwo

I'm surprised nobody has commented yet on the fact that (according to the article) it DOESN'T WORK WITH iOS 4! Hello! Failure out of the gate? :-D
iOS 4 adoption has already exceeded 50% according to some reports.

August 18 2010 at 8:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mr Lizard

"In order to work, the iPhone Spy Stick requires a Windows machine (Windows XP, Vista, or 7 only)"

XP, Vista, or 7 only?

It's sure going to be hard to find a machine that runs one of those!

August 18 2010 at 7:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
CHRiS

First Apple doesn't release those numbers, Second you need to see many more cases to know the types of cases that this type of product will be good for, will be encrypted, Third Apple doesn't have a method to decrypt the data, or at least that is how they responded to my clients subpoena. PEOPLE, that is what gets the job done, not some cheap software. That's my main point, your product isn't a lockpick, it's an expensive data parser.

August 18 2010 at 7:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
CHRiS

I know plenty about it, its a rip off plain and simple. You're right, it doesn't use those calls at all, it actually looks at the data already transferred from the phone itself by iTunes or other programs. You guys can do much better.

August 18 2010 at 7:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
CHRiS

Ben,
Gee, I have a hard time taking you seriously now. From the maclockpick web site: "Apple iPhone - Gather information stored by the Apple iPhone and other devices using the Apple Mobile Sync system on Windows and Mac OS X computers. Information captured includes (but is not limited to) the following"

Now quit trying to hijack the article and promoting your inferior product.

http://www.macforensicslab.com/ProductsAndServices/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2

August 18 2010 at 6:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
CHRiS

I never said it was encrypted, and its fully recoverable, just the product you speak of won't recover any locked phone, so why pay $399 for it. And I can tell you to take a moment and check some surveys to find out how many phones are locked, you'd be surprised to know numbers outside of your own organization's breath. Nice job at promoting your own product, which doesn't live up to its name when the device is locked.

August 18 2010 at 6:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
djgigante

I saw the title and got excited, thinking there was an announcement of a Snoop Dogg app on the way. Very misleading!

August 18 2010 at 6:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
VaughnSC

MobileSyncBrowser can do that (and other things) without the phone present. If you can connect the phone later and sync it, so much the better. Bundling a keychain drive hardly justifies the $150+ difference at the 'Sale Price' compared to whats already out there for free/for cheap. As someone mentioned, you can take any ordinary thumbdrive, waltz off with their backup data and scrutinize it at your leisure (which by the way, I don't condone)

I'm also skeptical about the recovering deleted text part. But what do I know? :)

August 18 2010 at 5:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Noah

What would be MORE useful is a stick that has a 30 pin connector that you can just plug into an iPhone to gather the data, then extract it later on your computer.

August 18 2010 at 4:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Fantastik

Something like phone view? http://ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/
It doesn't gather all the erased data and other things but it has some of the features of grabbing data.

-K
http://khurramkalam.com

August 18 2010 at 4:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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