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mSpy[0] is the software that is featured in this story. For iOS, jailbreaking is required. For Android, some features (Instant messenger tracking and Keylogging) require rooting the phone.

Also, Windows phones are not supported yet, so go for one of those if you happen to have a psychotic partner.

[0] http://www.mspy.com/compatibility.html

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Yet another reason not to jailbreak.

Assuming your device is jailbreakable, the problem is that your phone is vulnerable to jailbreaking, whether you've decided to jailbreak it or not. In the relevant scenario (the one described in the article, with "a few minutes alone with the smartphone of the person being stalked" and the passcode), if the victim hasn't already chosen to jailbreak the phone, the stalker can easily jailbreak it and install the spyware.

Jailbreak, patch the vulns that made it jailbreakable, then re-secure it. Most people vulnerable to this could not do that, though.

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