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Provider of covert surveillance app spills passwords for 62,000 users
Creators say app is intended for parental monitoring. So why the emphasis on stealth?
The maker of a phone app that is advertised as providing a stealthy means for monitoring all activities on an Android device spilled email addresses, plain-text passwords, and other sensitive data belonging to 62,000 users, a researcher discovered recently. While the promoters claim the app is legal and intended for parents monitoring their children's online activities, the emphasis on stealth has raised concerns that it's being aimed at people with other agendas. "Dumping a stalkerware service’s database lets you do lots of fun things like identify who runs it and report it to various cloud providers who claim they’ll take it down," the researcher wrote.
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