MobileMonitor: The Creepiest iPhone Jailbreak App Ever!

By , Nov 24, 2011

Want to see something really creepy? I mean, really creepy?

MobileMonitor is a jailbreak app that just appeared in Cydia, and as its name implies, it lets you monitor mobile devices remotely.

It really has to be seen to be understood, but MobileMonitor basically allows you to track virtually every facet of an iPhone’s usage remotely, completely unknown to the user of the device. Full video inside…

Even a so-called iPhone expert could be duped into thinking their iPhone was completely scot-free of MobileMonitor. It doesn’t show up in the Home screen, Settings, or a Spotlight search. It doesn’t even show up in Mobile Substrate add-ons via SBSettings. In-fact, MobileMonitor is so stealthy that it’ll even prevent you from viewing the app’s details in Cydia if it happens to be installed on your device.

But that’s not even the most frightening aspect of MobileMonitor. No, that’s reserved for the mobile monitoring web application that’s accessible from any browser.

Once logged in to the MobileMonitor website, one can essentially track a person’s iPhone usage down to the pictures they take. Like I was saying, scary stuff.

But pictures are just the beginning; you can track SMS messages, phone calls, GPS coordinates, notes, browser history, call history, and virtually anything else that’s logged to a database in iOS.

As a testament to how thorough the tracking is, the MobileMonitor app makes you agree to terms and conditions of EULA like proportions. Obviously, they want to cover their behinds in case any legal ramifications stem from MobileMonitor’s use.

Best case scenario, it can help parents track their children’s iPhone usage and employers track how employees are using company time. (Even still, that’s a little unnerving.)

Worst case scenario? Well, I’m sure your minds can come up with plenty of those, especially since you need a jailbroken device to use MobileMonitor, and most employers and parents aren’t exactly jailbreak savvy.

MobileMonitor offers a free 24 hour limited trial along with a $19.90 monthly premium service for the full shebang.

I can’t help but think that this is downright scary stuff that’s just waiting for unscrupulous individuals to take advantage of, but perhaps I’m just fear mongering a bit.

If anything is learned from this, it’s that you shouldn’t just arbitrarily install apps and tweaks on your device without knowing what they are, and where they’re from. By doing so, you’re opening yourself to significant risk, as demonstrated in the video.

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  • http://twitter.com/melovestoast Jared Floyd

    Hahaha I’m sooo going to secretly install that on my girlfriends phone!

    • http://twitter.com/therealjdizzle Jason Masters

      Be careful you might not like what you find out about her!!

    • Dan

      poor girlfriend…

  • Anonymous

    Worst case scenario? Jail time for illegal phone tapping?

    • http://www.facebook.com/whatliesbeneath77 Joshua Rodriguez Becker

      Really TomND How about a serial killer, obsessed ex, pedophile, rapist? (Need I go on?)

  • Isa Farnik

    This is one reason Apple walls its gardens.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jacer.lee Jacer Lee

    totally against it, violation of personal privacy!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Pedro-Nuñez-Jr/100003126109806 Pedro Nuñez Jr.

    This is amazing!

  • http://www.facebook.com/musephotos Muse Photos

    that is nuts

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ryan-Stack/581152121 Ryan Stack

    So, are you saying my friends, who have absolutely no clue what Cydia is let alone MobileMonitor, will hack onto my phone, install this, and begin watching my phone?

    You would have to be downright retarded to let someone install something on your phone without your knowledge.

    The really only scary part is what the owners of this app are doing with your data, pictures, texts, all that good stuff, not what your friends can do.

    • http://www.facebook.com/makedonii Aleksandar Trajkovski

      i was thinking about the same thing!
      the app is amaizing and i can see the use of it, and its great for the pupose of use.

      as you say the scary thing is what the owners do with your stuff!
      if it was logging on my PC with DHCP, then il not be that woried about it.

    • http://www.facebook.com/michelle.sorrows.1 Michelle Nix Sorrows

      Its scary. My husband hacked mine in the middle of the night. And he is a DBA and knows all the tricks.I had nothing to hide, but now I dont want to be with a stalkr. Hide your phon if you don’t sleep alone!!!!

  • Anonymous

    It needs to be installed though right?

  • http://www.facebook.com/AppleIphonesJailbreak Apple Iphones Jailbreak

    Well, this is absolutely amazing! i know there is iKeyguard key logger but this tweaks looks much better. the only issue with this tweak is that it is available in the packages so if i install it on my girlfriend’s iPhone for example, she can find it on the packages….

    There must be a silent installation like iKeyguard key logger.

    • http://www.facebook.com/JulianBroude Julian ßroude

      You can hide the icon =]
      there are many ways 2 do that ;)

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=513887366 Anonymous

        He wasn’t asking about the icon, he meant the packages in Cydia.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ryan-Stack/581152121 Ryan Stack

      you are one weird guy for wanting this on your girlfriend’s phone.

  • Anonymous

    its not an invasion of privacy. if your an employe, your employer has every right to know. and if your a parent, you absolutely have every right!

  • http://twitter.com/gssangha Gurmehar Sangha

    This is Secret government stuff :D

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001655170567 Harris Naveed

    It is just crazy and as you said it is way of the boundary , I guess this was one of the core reasons why apple doesn’t want you to jailbreak btw Jeff whats the tweak your using to customize your status bar on ios 5 I’m having some trouble finding a suitable tweak which supports ios 5 , thanks

    • http://adamscode.sourceforge.net Adam D

      I believe it’s called Clean Status Bar or something like that.

      Ad@m

      • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001655170567 Harris Naveed

        Thanks

  • http://twitter.com/oneBurge Burge

    If you where to install this on someone’s device to keep track of the person , why are you with that person ..ie girlfriend/boyfriend ..you don’t trust them and that will not change..as for a employer installing this that’s beaching your right to privacy , even if it’s a company phone..plus what’s the company doing in allowing you/company to void the warranty on the device…as for parents keeping check on there kids , the chances are the kid knows more about jailbreaking then you do and they will more than lightly have tried it on your device before you get it on there device…

  • Anonymous

    Do the creep!

  • http://twitter.com/AlamarMarine Spencer Beacon

    As an employer and a parent who enjoys Jailbreaking IOS devices, I think this rocks…. Cue creepy laugh (Mu ha ha ha ha) ;P

  • http://adamscode.sourceforge.net Adam D

    I’m not going to try it, but if there isn’t a dylib with its name in /Library/MobileSubstrate/DynamicLibraries, this is very, very scary. But if there is, deleting it (and a plist of the same name, if it exists) should stop the tracking.

    Ad@m

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Gustavo-Gonzalez/571889632 Gustavo Gonzalez

    This tweak is completely out of the line as jeff said the things you can do with it are pretty scary and also the things that the company can do with your data and information are probably even mpre scary if possible

  • http://www.rachelfridkin.com/ rachel.

    from ryan: The really only scary part is what the owners of this app are doing with your data, pictures, texts, all that good stuff, not what your friends can do.

    now that is seriously the creepiest. how do i know what the website owners will do with my data?

  • Anonymous

    Just stay away
    Don’t even be tempted

  • Anonymous

    iDB I suggest you delete this news. It’s a frigging scam! Nothing works and it wants you to buy subscription $20/month!!! Are you kidding me? SCAM!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrés-Cortes/100002943249911 Andrés Cortes

    Just Amazing!

  • Anonymous

    This is cool stuff, but $20 bucks a month? It’s def not worth finding anything out for $20 a month

  • Anonymous

    This is exactly why Apple and other people fear jailbreaking and think of jailbreakers as criminals.

    Now, where’s the jailbreak tweak to counter this blight upon the jailbreaking landscape?

    • Anonymous

      To counter this blight all you have to do is restore the iPhone to the original settings or uninstall Cydia and/or uninstall MobileMonitor. Of course, you have to know a little bit about jailbreaking.

  • Jobran

    there was a similar app for all smart-phones in Israel, that you could install on the phone after you accept a msg, no need to jailbreak, and it was very popular among suspecting husbands and priavte detectives. to make a long story short, many people were accused in court and few got jailed! this is very dangerous and way over the line !

  • Anonymous

    Just a question, how many employers/parents do you know of that give jailbroken iDevices to their employees/children?

  • http://www.facebook.com/raja.faheem.saeed Raja Faheem Saeed

    I see BREAKUPS i mean a lot of breakups!

  • http://www.facebook.com/michelle.sorrows.1 Michelle Nix Sorrows

    Here’s a noel idea. Talk to your girlfriend about your relationship insead of beng a worm. What happens when you see she’s a good girl? Then you are just a jerk for making it your job to monitor her.
    I think and wil prove that my idiot future ex husband had been hacking me or a long time. Nothing to find but what a snake. Use some good judgment and stop thinking you are God and have a right to snoop. Too bad that now that he has been lookng and listening to me for ever he knows I’m loyal. But now I’m totally creaped out by him and think of him not as the man I married but a stalker!!!!
    Everyone needs to stop using these to replace our social skills. Put the damn phone down and treat her right. Thats what she will love..

  • http://twitter.com/chipchip6891 river

    it is the same Innova Monitor Apps. But Innova monitor can see the data on other phone without via website.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Apostolakis/100000235233318 Michael Apostolakis

    Yes Jeff I feel the same way. If the purpose is to monitor your children, and employee etc., then you as the target are innocently predisposed to a point. However there are some creepy people with creepy motives where this app could be and is dangerous. Thank for the info.

  • Bernard Sebahieh

    My Wife is chatting with her ex on Whatsapp and I just need to know what they are talking about. Can it monitor Whatapp?