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While it’s against the law in the US to install stalkerware on an adult’s phone without consent, marketing such apps is legal. Although many companies display disclaimers on their websites stating that their software is intended for legal purposes only, there have been a handful of convictions for installing spyware on unknowing adults’ devices.  Last September, in the first order of its kind, the Federal Trade Commission banned a company called Support King, which operated under the… Source link

Google has pulled several “stalkerware” ads that violated its policies by promoting apps that encouraged prospective users to spy on their spouses’ phone. These consumer-grade spyware apps are often marketed to parents wishing to monitor their child’s calls, messages, apps, photos and location, often under the guise of protecting against predators. But these apps, which are often designed to be installed surreptitiously and without the device owner’s consent, have been… Source link

Google’s office in New York on June 3. Drew Angerer/Getty Images On the popular Netflix series You, a stalker accesses his girlfriend’s texts by stealing her phone. (To the woe of viewers, she fails to unsync the missing device from her iCloud account before replacing it.) Later, he installs spyware on his neighbor’s phone to read her text messages and track her whereabouts. Though it’d be nice to pretend… Source link