Stalking
Yet More Stalkerware Leaks Secret Data: ‘Catwatchful’ is Latest Nasty App
Content warning: Domestic abuse, stalking, controlling behavior, Schadenfreude, irony ...
UK’s Secret Apple Backdoor Request, AI Chatbots Used For Stalking
In this episode, we discuss the UK government’s demand for Apple to create a secret backdoor for accessing encrypted iCloud backups under the Investigatory Powers Act and its potential global implications on ...
New Tracker Warning Features on iPhones & Androids, 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report
In episode 330 Tom, Scott, and Kevin discuss the new features for iPhones and Android phones designed to warn users about secret trackers, possibly aiding in identifying stalkers. The hosts discuss Apple ...
Stalking: Fear of Apple AirTag ‘Explodes’ — Lawsuit Momentum Grows
This is why we can’t have nice things: 38 victims of Apple’s “negligence” named in amended class action ...
Android Foils AirTag Stalkers and Thieves — While Apple Does Nothing
C’mon Cupertino: “Unknown Tracker Detected,” your phone screams. What now? ...
First Ban on Selling Location Data, Prohibiting Password Managers, Real-Time Crime Center Concerns
In this episode we discuss how Massachusetts lawmakers are pushing a groundbreaking bill to ban the buying and selling of location data from mobile devices. This legislation raises vital questions about consumer ...
Ironic: LetMeSpy Spyware Hackers Were Hacked (by Hackers)
Content warning: Abuse, stalking, controlling behavior, Schadenfreude, irony, doxxing ...
Supreme Court to Address Online Threats to Celebrities
On April 19, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Counterman v. Colorado, a case readdressing the question of the mental state the government has to demonstrate to ...
Fines as a Security System
Tile has an interesting security solution to make its tracking tags harder to use for stalking: The Anti-Theft Mode feature will make the devices invisible to Scan and Secure, the company’s in-app ...
Tracking People via Bluetooth on Their Phones
We’ve always known that phones—and the people carrying them—can be uniquely identified from their Bluetooth signatures, and that we need security techniques to prevent that. This new research shows that that’s not ...
