What it does
Device Tracking
If your device is lost, misplaced, or stolen, you can track its position
remotely. Paranoia can give you the position data, or overlay this on a map.
Call/Text Logging
See what your device has been up to. Paranoia can log calls and messages
while your device is in alert status, and report remotely.
How it knows
Periodic Server Checking
Paranoia can periodically check with our server whether it has been
flagged stolen or lost, and raise alert status if so. Remote management can be
done through our web interface.
SMS Commands
Uncomfortable with server-based reporting? (Paranoia, perhaps?) You also
can use SMS commands to remotely interact with your device, and it will reply in turn.
Why Paranoia
Low Overhead, High Efficiency
The obvious approach would be to use a continuously-running background process. Paranoia leverages
system events in Android, so the helper process is only active and running when a command text message
comes in, or when it is time for the periodic server check.