LetMeSpy, a stalkerware app spying on thousands, says it was hacked (techcrunch.com)

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[-] Epilektoi_Hoplitai@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also known as stalkerware or spouseware, these kinds of phone monitoring apps are often planted by someone — such as spouses or domestic partners — with physical access to a person’s phone, without their consent or knowledge.

Man. The fact that stalkerware is used so often on people's domestic partners that they call it "spouseware" is pretty fuckin' bleak.

[-] grey@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I could only mildly understand using something like it on your small childs computer, but anything more than that is awful.

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Also, how is that not illegal?

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