‘Stalkerware’ Website Let Anyone Intercept Texts of Tens of Thousands of People

Discussion in 'privacy problems' started by guest, Oct 31, 2018.

  1. guest

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    ‘Stalkerware’ Website Let Anyone Intercept Texts of Tens of Thousands of People
    October 31, 2018
    https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/...py9-stalkerware-data-breach-thousands-victims
     
  2. mirimir

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    Those are some interesting choices of phrasing. So one can "monitor" children or employees. But monitoring a spouse is phrased as "illegally spy[ing]". I get that there's a legalistic distinction, but morally they're not that different. Everyone deserves privacy.
     
  3. Rasheed187

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  4. guest

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    A deep dive into stalkerware's creepy marketing, illegal privacy invasions, and terrible security
    June 12, 2019
    https://boingboing.net/2019/06/12/tech-for-abusers.html
    The Predator in Your Pocket - A Multidisciplinary Assessment of the Stalkerware Application Industry
    (PDF - 2.34 MB): https://citizenlab.ca/docs/stalkerware-holistic.pdf
     
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