How to spot the software that could be spying on you -bbc.com

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Stalkerware is commercially available software that's used to spy on another person via their device - usually a phone - without their consent.
It can allow the user to view someone else's messages, location, photos, files, and even eavesdrop on conversations in the phone's vicinity.

Research suggests that proliferation of stalkerware is a growing problem: A study by Norton Labs found that the number of devices indicating that they had stalkerware installed rose by 63% between September 2020 and May 2021.
Its report suggested the dramatic increase could be due to the effect of lockdowns and people generally spending more time at home.

"Personal belongings are easily within arm's reach, likely creating more opportunities for perpetrators of tech-enabled abuse to install stalkerware on their partner's devices," the report found.

With stalkerware deliberately designed to be difficult to spot, even those who are more tech savvy can still fall prey to it.

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I think, never give permission for applications to access your personal data, and of course the company must really maintain the privacy of smartphone users, I think they should be responsible if smartphone users are spied on, hijacked, and take their data, because of that they should really create a device that guarantees the privacy of its users.

I think that the telephone companies should take action on the matter, the day will come when privacy could disappear, it is an issue that bothers me, and I suppose other people, technology helps but it also exposes us too much.
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