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Coalition Against Stalkerware calls on Apple to mitigate abuse of WiFi Sync
UK cybersecurity firm Certo, a partner of the Coalition Against Stalkerware, has written a blog post about an iPhone feature that is being abused by stalkerware in a way that is hard to detect for the user. Called ‘WiFi Sync’, the feature all...
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Don’t accept paid articles from stalkerware apps
In recent months, we have seen a fairly large number of paid content placements promoting stalkerware in online publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle and the Detroit Metro Times. The articles are often written in the form ...
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Report on most invasive stalkerware apps
In August 2020, Coalition member Corrata published their research findings on the most invasive stalkerware apps currently available. They conducted this research by downloading the apps and installing them onto a number of test phones. The key f...
Read more Defining the Problem of Stalkerware: Coalition Creates an Industry United Definition of Stalkerware
The Coalition Against Stalkerware has taken an important step in the fight against stalkerware by agreeing on a common definition, that can be understood by technologists, advocates, and survivors. Because most stalkerware is sold as legitima...
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Updated Report on the State of Stalkerware in 2019 is now available in 6 languages
In November 2019, Kaspersky published an analysis of the state of stalkerware revealing figures for affected users by country worldwide for the first eight months of 2019. This report has been endorsed by the Coalition Against Stalkerware as it is a...
Read more Reporters across the Bay Area take a careful ear to the Coalition’s message
Three months after launching the Coalition Against Stalkerware, our members met at a smallrestaurant in San Francisco to talk one-on-one with newspaper journalists, online writers, andTV reporters about the importance of fighting the digital thr...
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Researchers find more than 1,000 “creepware” apps on Google Play
A group of researchers from Coalition founding partner NortonLifeLock, Cornell Tech and New York University have found a large number of Android apps that can be used for stalking and harassment and that include, but aren’t limited to, traditional...
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