'Readily available' consumer spyware apps could violate raft of Aussie laws

guest · Aug 26, 2019

'Readily available' consumer spyware apps could violate raft of Aussie laws
According to ACCAN, Deakin University report
August 20, 2019
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/read...apps-could-violate-raft-of-aussie-laws-530093

A number of tracking and monitoring products available on most Apple and Android smartphones have the potential to break a range of Australian laws through their use, manufacture and advertising, according to a report released on Friday.

Even family-oriented apps designed, to give parents peace of mind by tracking their child’s location and logging their communications, risked violating privacy regulations without clear consent from all spyware users and their targets.

While the report notes that Android and the Play Store was “significantly more permissive” in regards to how many systems permissions could be granted to spyware apps, iPhone users were by no means immune to the dangers of the apps analysed as part of the study.

“Technical analysis of spyware reveals that software developed within the consumer spyware industry often exhibits extremely poor data security practices,” the report said.
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