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  • “He knew where I was at all times, who I was talking to on email, text messages, social media—all of it. He could see everything. I had no privacy,” says Anna (not her real name).

    Anna’s experience is not an isolated one: it’s a daily reality for thousands of people, most of them women.

    That’s because, usually without their knowledge, their partners have installed stalkerware on their devices—apps that let someone spy on your smartphone activity.

    Charlotte Jee, How "Stalkerware" Apps Are Letting Abusive Partners Spy on Their Victims, MIT Tech. Rev. (July 10, 2019)

    July 22, 2019

  • A serious security vulnerability has been found in popular stalkerware apps, exposing the sensitive personal information and communications of millions of people.

    Stalkerware is a type of spyware, frequently used to spy on every message sent or received by a romantic partner, learn who they are speaking to on their phone, learn their location, or view the photos they have taken.

    https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/flaw-stalkerware-apps-exposing-people-heres-how-to-find-out-phone-spied

    April 29, 2025