stalker or spouse where is powerful
surveillance software used to spy on a
partner once downloaded but allow
someone to see and hear everything a
person is doing on or near their phone
or computer
according to cyber security researchers
stalker where is a growing problem
particularly for vulnerable women I've
downloaded the software and recruited my
colleague Joanne to test it you're going
to use this phone this is effectively
the we'll call it the perpetrators phone
and you're the perp you've got access to
everything I do on this phone we'll call
this phone the victims phone so if you
look at that phone there that's your
dashboard so you are all set to
effectively spy on me for the next week
two days Joe is buying a whiteboard
marker and I can hear it inhuman that is
so bizarre I can see Joe picking up Mike
I can also flip between the front camera
and the back camera on Joe's phone
this is quite creepy I can see where
gels moving it's not just updating every
so often this is a live image it's just
gone 10 o'clock at night so I'm gonna
try and see his screen now I think it
might be candy crush again I can't just
see what I use up to right now I can see
what he's been doing over the course the
past few hours there are alerts at the
top of the screen for text messages or
social media so there seems to be a
record function where I can go back
through all the calls that Joel's made
and listen to them so it's fair to say
you learn a lot about me through spying
the amazing thing was for me obviously
knew that you were filming me or
listening in or reading my messages but
I had no idea when nothing happened the
screen stayed blank unless I was playing
with it no notifications no battery use
but this data was being sent to you all
the time
victims like Amy not her real name so
stalker where is being used as a tool
for domestic abuse there were just
little things that were dropped into
conversation that never felt right he
knew details about my friend I began to
wonder how he knew where I was all the
time this is the moment Amy found out
the truth by accident I saw said daily
report on my Mac and I just had this
chill go through me my I stopped
breathing for a minute
the advice from security experts to stop
stalking added to your device is don't
leave your device unattended most
software downloads require physical
access don't use biometrics thumb prints
can be used without your knowledge and
download security software cyber
security apps can detect stalker wear
and remove it
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