Some boast that, in just minutes, downloaded spyware can begin intercepting text messages and sending text messages notifying the spy every time the target phone makes or receives calls so the spy can listen in on the phone calls. "Until now, the most bad guys could get are phone lists and the like ... which would be fine for the National Enquirer getting Paris Hilton's phone number." The celebrity became a victim of cell phone trickery in 2005.
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