Menlo Park, CA, United States (AHN) – Google is not letting a handset application that spies on someone’s text messages be sold at its Android App Store.

The Secret SMS Replicator developed by DLP Mobile to help lovers find out if their partners are cheating on them violates company policy, according to Google.

The app works by secretly duplicating incoming text messages and forwarding these to another mobile phone number. The app is invisible when installed so a cellular phone user will not know that his text messages are being received and read by someone else.

The Secret SMS Replicator was only 18 hours old on Google’s app store when the search engine giant decided to suspend its sale. The developer tried to defend it by saying it has a useful purpose to no avail.

DLP Mobile also tried to sell the app on Apple’s iPhone app store but was rejected.

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