phone tracker

Mobile location app

A phone tracker is software or a service that monitors a mobile phone's location, often in real time.

Parents use phone trackers to keep tabs on children; employers may track company devices.

The term also covers apps that help locate lost phones: Find My iPhone is Apple's built-in phone tracker.

Phone trackers raise privacy concerns when used without consent.

Related
  • GPSSatellite-based location technology
  • locationPosition in space
  • spyCovert information gatherer
  • appMobile device software
  • surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects

find · device · locate · location sharing · location history · stalker · coordinates · signal · monitor · ping · search · lost · stolen · missing person · map · alert · geofence · cellphone

Categories
Opposites
surveillance vs. privacy protection

phone trackerGPS jammer

Blocks satellite navigation signals

burner phone · VPN · privacy mode · Signal · stealth mode

visibility vs. concealment

phone trackerstealth mode

Undetectable operational state

anonymous browsing · ghost mode

connection vs. disconnection

phone trackerairplane mode

Device state blocking wireless signals

going dark · off the grid · digital detox · disconnected · untraceable

Family

phone, tracker, phones, phoned, phoning, phonetic, phonetics, phoneme, phonology

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G