Cydia Store is similar to Apple’s App Store, except it’s for jailbroken iPhones.

There’s a wide variety of free apps on Cydia and dozens of commercial applications on Cydia Store.

By browsing the available applications in Cydia, you’ll find gems like these:

OwnSpy? Remote iPhone Spy?

Let’s take a closer look.

The website of the vendor behind Ownspy:

The site describes the features of the Spy tool in detail, complete with demos.

FAQ entry:

Price chart:

This is not the first Spy tool for jailbroken iPhones we’ve seen. But it is weird to see these for sale on Cydia.

On 19/10/10 At 06:16 PM

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