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Your Android phone could have stalkerware — here’s how to remove it

This simple guide explains how to identify and remove common spyware apps from your Android phone.

Consumer-grade spyware apps that covertly and continually monitor your private messages, photos, phone calls and real-time location are a growing problem for Android users. You may notice your phone acting unusually, running warmer or slower than usual, or using large amounts of network data, even when you are not actively using it. Note that this guide only helps you to identify and remove spyware apps, it does not delete the data that was already collected and uploaded to its servers.

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