For the First Time, the FTC Has Banned a Company from the Surveillance Business

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has just, for the first time, banned a company from the surveillance app business. The indictment: creating so-called "stalkerware" — apps or software that secretly track a mobile user's activities and location.

Support King — which conducts business publicly as SpyFone and says its service is for monitoring children and employees — has done precious little to stop stalkers and abusers from using its services to surveil their victims, the FTC said.

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Source Fool.com