Most of this spyware is very difficult to track and the majority of people whose phones have been installed with it will never know. Once this has been done, installing spyware is an easy next step. A jailbreak involves loading custom firmware onto the device in order to allow users to run unsigned software on it. While this may sound complicated, it can take just a few minutes to complete if the ‘jailbreaker’ has the right set of skills and a little bit of time to prepare. In reality, however, all you need to do to install non-App store software in an iPhone is to put the device through what is known as a jailbreak. Instead of viewing this as a gimmicky money making scheme invented by Apple, this has led many iPhone aficionados to believe that it is impossible to use unsigned spyware in an iPhone. While most smartphones allow the installation of applications that are not affiliated with the company that created the phone, the iPhone does not. Jailbreaking your iPhone to install spyware Unfortunately, recent evidence demonstrates that your iPhone can indeed be used to spy on you.
Until now, however, it was a common belief that the iPhone is somehow impervious to this type of surveillance due to its walled garden approach. Many analysts believe that real-time surveillance of citizens’ online activities will soon become the norm. The FBI’s top priority for this year is to increase its online surveillance capabilities, and even Google has been caught scanning the content of emails and Gmail messages. As much as we would like to believe that our passwords keep us safe from the prying eyes of government officials and snooping hackers, it is becoming more evident by the day that this is not the case. In June, the revelation that the NSA had been tapping into the servers of some of the largest internet companies, demonstrated to the world how public our private lives have become due to frequent internet use.
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