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stalkerware
Under normal circumstances, stalkerware can make it difficult for domestic violence victims to get support since it can monitor targets’ every move on their phones. But during a pandemic, stalkerware can make it near impossible for victims to get help. (Scoop News Group / Danny McGarvey)

During a pandemic, stalkerware becomes even more sinister

Stalkerware detections have increased, some security researchers say, as the COVID-19 pandemic forces people to possibly quarantine with domestic abusers.
open technology fund
People use mobile phones’ flashlight as a symbol of protest in Bangkok, Thailand in February 2020. Internet freedom advocates are worried about the Open Technology Fund, which has funded a generation of secure technologies meant to safeguard data in repressive countries. (Getty Images)

Internet freedom activists are concerned a Trump appointee could threaten pro-democracy work abroad

Technologists working on security tools outside the U.S. warn that a major change to their funding could mean catastrophe.
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