Stalkerware

Tech

How Tech Giants Enable ‘Stalkerware’ Software Sold to Abusive Partners

02.22.19

By VICE Staff
Tech

PayPal Processes Payments for ‘Stalkerware’ Software Sold to Abusive Partners

02.20.19

By Joseph Cox and Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Identity

How to Tell If Your Partner Is Spying on Your Phone

12.11.18

By Samantha Cole
Tech

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

10.31.18

By Joseph Cox and Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Spyware Company Exposed ‘281 Gigabytes’ of Children’s Photos Online

08.30.18

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Spyware Company That Marketed to Domestic Abusers Gets Hacked

08.28.18

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Hacker Steals Customers’ Text Messages from Android Spyware Company

07.09.18

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Don’t Use Software to Spy on Your Spouse

06.01.18

By Samantha Cole
Tech

Watch Joseph Cox and Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Give a Talk About ‘Stalkerware’

05.04.18

By Motherboard Staff
Tech

‘Stalkerware’ Seller Shuts Down Apps ‘Indefinitely’ After Getting Hacked Again

03.06.18

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Military, FBI, and ICE Are Customers of Controversial ‘Stalkerware’

02.23.18

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Hacker Strikes ‘Stalkerware’ Companies, Stealing Alleged Texts and GPS Locations of Customers

02.22.18

By Joseph Cox

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