How to Tell If Your Partner is Spying on Your Phone
"Stalkerware" apps let abusers monitor their partner's phones and track their locations—without them knowing.
‘Stalkerware’ Website Let Anyone Intercept Texts of Tens of Thousands of People
A hacker exposes the awful security of two companies that sell spyware for consumers. By simply viewing the HTML of a particular website, anyone could log in and rummage through Facebook messages, texts, and phone call data.
Spyware Company Exposed ‘281 Gigabytes’ of Children’s Photos Online
Consumer spyware company Family Orbit confirmed that it left its cloud storage servers vulnerable to hackers.
Spyware Company That Marketed to Domestic Abusers Gets Hacked
A hacker broke into the servers of TheTruthSpy, one of the most notorious stalkerware companies out there, and stole logins, audio recordings, pictures, and text messages, among other data.
Spyware Company Leaves ‘Terabytes’ of Selfies, Text Messages, and Location Data Exposed Online
A company that sells surveillance software to parents and employers left “terabytes of data” including photos, audio recordings, text messages and web history, exposed in a poorly-protected Amazon S3 bucket.
Hacker Steals Customers' Text Messages from Android Spyware Company
A hacker has stolen text messages and call metadata from SpyHuman, a firm selling malware to the everyday consumer. It’s the fifth such consumer spyware company to be targeted recently.
Don’t Use Software to Spy on Your Spouse
Reason’s “To Spy on a Cheating Spouse” explains a practice that harms thousands of women who are surveilled by their partners.
Watch Joseph Cox and Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Give a Talk About 'Stalkerware'
At Re:Publica 18, right now.
‘Stalkerware’ Seller Shuts Down Apps ‘Indefinitely’ After Getting Hacked Again
A company that sells spyware or “stalkerware” for everyday users has ceased operations of its handful of apps that monitor computers and cellphones.
Military, FBI, and ICE Are Customers of Controversial ‘Stalkerware’
Consumer spyware is popular not just with the general population, but also with members of the US government.
Hacker Strikes ‘Stalkerware’ Companies, Stealing Alleged Texts and GPS Locations of Customers
Nearly a year after Motherboard reported the data breaches of two spyware companies, another hacker has independently targeted two more.
A Hacker Has Wiped a Spyware Company’s Servers—Again
"I don't want to live in a world where younger generations grow up without privacy."