Here are three reasons that make this form of spying validated. Voici trois raisons pour lesquelles cette forme d'espionnage est validΓ©e. Keeping lists of the location of cell phones does count as spying.

A ten-year sentence for spying. Phrasal verb spy on someone/something (definition of spying from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus Β© cambridge university press) Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering, as a subfield of the intelligence field, is the act of obtaining secret, confidential, or in some way valuable information. Phrasal verb spy on someone/something (definition of spying from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus Β© cambridge university press)