The Predator in Your Pocket: A Multidisciplinary Assessment of the Stalkerware Application Industry
Christopher Robert Parsons, Ádám Molnár, Jakub Dalek, Jeffrey Knockel, Miles Kenyon, Bennett Haselton, Cynthia Khoo, Ronald J. Deibert · TSpace (University of Toronto) · 2019
This report was collaboratively written by researchers from computer science, political science, criminology, law, and journalism studies. As befits their expertise, the report is divided into several parts, with each focusing on specific aspects of the consumer spyware ecosystem, which includes: technical elements associated stalkerware applications, stalkerware companies’ marketing activities and public policies, and these companies’ compliance with Canadian federal commercial privacy legislation.