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Android: How to tell who has been messing with your smartphone

Android: How to tell who has been messing with your smartphone​

Chances are that if you have a smartphone or a tablet, there's stuff on it that you wouldn't like every single person around you to have access to - text messages, images, video, apps, you name it. Sure, you can hide your private images or lock down certain apps using software made for that purpose, but such a solution isn't always enough to keep prying eyes away. What if you want to see who has been secretly messing with your Android device without telling you? Well, in that case, there's a few apps that can come in handy. These three Android applications will let you know when your smartphone or tablet is being used and will help you catch the culprit red-handed. Check them out below!

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Anti Theft Alarm (free)​

This application is perfect to keep burglars away from your phone. Do you use to leave your phone around? Now with this application you can do it with no worries.

You just have to activate the alarm and leave your phone on the table or wherever. If someone moves your phone an alarm will sound. It can only be stoped if you enter the PIN, so the burglars or curious friends won't be able to stop it.

Very useful if you have a curious friend too! There is no way for your phone to be stolen or used without your permission.

You can also use this app to avoid your children to use your phone without you knowing. You can now leave your phone anywhere in your home with no worries.

Clip Ninja ($1.41)​

This app does not lock your device in any way. Instead, it monitors the user's activity and logs everything they type (except passwords). Clip Ninja is meant to be an advanced clipboard manager and not a spy application, but it will probably do just fine for figuring out what a smartphone or tablet has been used for without its owner's knowledge. Here's what you need to know about the app:

Clip Ninja is a unique application that will save everything you write, anywhere !

It keeps a detailed history of everything you write, in ANY application, not just what you copy in the clipboard. Think of it as a Clipboard Manager on steroids. You'll be amazed !

Wish you copy pasted that text before hitting the Send button ?

Do you want to look at your clipboard history ?

You mistakenly deleted that web address it took so long to write ?

Are you looking for something you wrote yesterday and forgot to save anywhere ?

GotYa! ($1.99)​

This app will take a photo of whoever turns on the screen on your Android smartphone or tablet (assuming it has a front-facing camera, of course). Photos will also be captured each time someone enters a wrong lock screen password or pattern, thus exposing the identity of the one who stole your device, or was just going through your stuff. But that's not all GotYa! can do:

GotYa! takes a silent snapshot through the front facing camera of the criminal who is attempting to use your device, whenever the screen lock is entered incorrectly.

After taking the picture, it acquires the location of your device and forms a Google maps link, and then send it with the time stamped picture to your email or Facebook !

Do you want to know who's using your device, stealing it, or just opening it up and snooping around on it for less than a beer price ? Yes, GotYa! is your choice!

Source: Phone Arena