Authors: Enze Liu (UC San Diego), Sumanth Rao (UC San Diego), Sam Havron (Cornell Tech), Grant Ho (UC San Diego), Stefan Savage (UC San Diego), Geoffrey M. Voelker (UC San Diego), Damon McCoy (New York University)
Volume: 2023
Issue: 1
Pages: 207–224
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56553/popets-2023-0013
Abstract: Consumer mobile spyware apps covertly monitor a user’s activities (i.e., text messages, phone calls, e-mail, location, etc.) and transmit that information over the Internet to support remote surveillance. Unlike conceptually similar apps used for state espionage, so-called “stalkerware” apps are ma
