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Can we trace a phone's browsing history?

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Question added by Fida Abo Alrob , Sr. Copywriter , Imena Digital
Date Posted: 2014/01/21
Yousuf M. Y. Ababneh
by Yousuf M. Y. Ababneh , Director (colonel) , electronic equipment department / public security directorate

yes but it depend on s/w and system settings .

Assimwe Monica
by Assimwe Monica , Accounts Assistant , Mansons (U) LTD

this is interesting technology!

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Dear Fida..

 

Did you mean to ask about the feasibility of tracing browsing histroy from the mobile terminal itself or from the network side?? I can see already most (if not all) of the answers are tackling your question from the mobile terminal perspective.

 

From a nework perspective some solutions depend on DPI (Deep Pack Inspection) can be deployed to provide a real-time view of the pages being visited. Predefined rules and policies can be set accordingly. (Rx, Multiple Gx and Sy interfaces)

 

Another context can be the enhanced user experience defined by  3GPP GUP standard. (Rp and Rg interfaces).

 

As of to "history" tracing; then this would entail deploying advanced archiving systems that can vary in size (capacity) and purpose. Such solutions normaly come in hand to the security and law enforcement authorities. You may have already heard of PRISM surveillance technlogy run by the US government and Eagle in Lybia (used during Gaddafi's Era).

 

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SADAQAT HUSSAIN sheikh
by SADAQAT HUSSAIN sheikh , Telecom Engineer , NESIC SA

yes we can

 

Muhammad Usman
by Muhammad Usman , Assistant Manager , Pakistan Steel Mills

The Software you use for browsing into your smart phone also keep your browsing history just like in Personal Computer. like wise We change settings of smart phone web browser to not to keep the history or keep the history. Its up to you 

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Yes! Go to your phone setting Privacy and security :-) 

Roham Rousta
by Roham Rousta , IT manager , Telecommunication Company Of Markazi Province

well , Log Servers all are maded for this questions2 :D

Tanveer Rao
by Tanveer Rao , Network Administrator , Gulistan Textile Mills Ltd

yes

Abdul-Hameed Deeb Al-Sawadi
by Abdul-Hameed Deeb Al-Sawadi , IT Manager , Masaneed Commercial Group (MCG)

Sure you can if you have the suitable tools installed in your device.

aneesh anandan
by aneesh anandan , UX Architect , EY

Depends on the operating system / firmware, and the browser application installed. If it is a java based firmware and using only a built in browser which doesnot give any history, it will be difficult. Otherwise you need to get help from a web based service itself - Eg: Google account sync and back up.

Any latest mobile OS like Android / iOS will give history for your browsing by default.

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