FTC Orders Spyware Vendor to Stop Business
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dyv9mq/spyfone-ftc-orders-stop-business-notification
The FTC has banned a stalkerware vendor called SpyFone and its CEO Scott Zuckerman from working in the surveillance business, the agency said in an announcement on Wednesday. Often companies in this space market their products, which can siphon a target's emails, text messages, and social media data, to abusive partners to spy on their spouses without their consent.
The move is just the second enforcement action the FTC has made against a stalkerware vendor. The first was against Retina-X, and came after Motherboard reported on multiple data breaches from the firm that exposed victims and users' details. In this new case, the FTC also pointed to the exposure of data in their announcement.