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Bryan Fleming, creator of pcTattletale, just pleaded guilty in US federal court for selling illegal stalkerware that let users secretly spy on phones and computers.

Read: https://hackread.com/pctattletale-stalkerware-founder-bryan-fleming-guilty/

#pcTattletale #Stalkerware #Cybercrime #Privacy #BryanFleming

pcTattletale Founder Bryan Fleming Pleads Guilty in Federal Stalkerware Case

TechNadu 3d ago

The pcTattletale founder’s guilty plea marks the first U.S. federal conviction of a stalkerware operator in over ten years.

This case reinforces:
• Legal accountability for spyware misuse
• Growing scrutiny of consumer surveillance tools
• The role of infosec and law enforcement collaboration

An important precedent for privacy enforcement in the spyware ecosystem.

Read more via TechNadu and follow for objective infosec coverage:
https://www.technadu.com/founder-of-pctattletale-spyware-app-pleads-guilty-in-federal-stalkerware-case/617772/

#Infosec #Privacy #Stalkerware #CyberLaw #DigitalSurveillance #SecurityResearch

gtbarry Dec 19

FTC upholds ban on stalkerware founder Scott Zuckerman

A stalkerware maker who was banned from the surveillance industry after a data breach that exposed the personal information of its customers, as well as the people they were spying on, will not be able to go back to selling the invasive software

#FTC #ScottZuckerman #software #SupportKing #SpyFone #OneClickMonitor #stalkerware #spyware #hacker

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/ftc-upholds-ban-on-stalkerware-founder-scott-zuckerman/

FTC upholds ban on stalkerware founder Scott Zuckerman | TechCrunch

Zuckerman, who used to run the stalkerware apps SpyFone and SpyTrac, claimed the ban is hurting his unrelated business.

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Kevin Karhan

Dec 12

@condret I'd refuse to do install/use it as a matter of principle!

A #CryptoParty would work better re: #MediaLiteracy & #TechLiteracy than #Stalkerware!

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/115307350634955042

Kevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)

Attached: 1 image @mrmasterkeyboard@mastodon.social not only protests but actively subverting it. - We need something like a *"#HowToTor?"* guide site that teaches #TechIlliterate #Zoomers with the attention span of a #TikTok on how to setup @torproject@mastodon.social / #Tor and do all their #browsing through it. - Ideally we'd have kids start #copyparty events underground for @tails_live@venera.social / @tails@fosstodon.org / #Tails and spread those alobgside #TorBridges along minors in the #UK so hard that the #Cyberfascists have to resign! Or do you too remember [that](https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/nca-children-hacking-with-kali-linux-tor-and-discord.263960/) iconic #Copaganda poster by the #NCA? - Cuz for every bullshit #Zensursula, #VanDerBolle and other #Cyberfascists are goebbeling up, I'll teach another person how to *"#EncryptHarder!"*... #sarcasm #UKpol #OSA #UK #Cyberfascism

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Kevin Karhan

Dec 11

@mindpersephone @neil #Stalkerware on it's own is already illegal in my juristiction, espechally for minors, because they can't give informed consent!