With hackers trying to exploit us and stalkers trying to meddle
into our lives, there is no way out from this torrid muddle of a life we have
stuck ourselves in. In the age where even the slightest of our indiscretions
are on display for the world to see, let’s just say that it is not as hard for spy applications to
easily invade our privacy. With the
advancement in this threat escalating by the minutes, the only hope we have
left to save ourselves is by handling the threat by revealing its intensity and
danger to the world.
The Face of the Threat
As already mentioned, spy apps and the threat they pose to the
world is advancing every day. Once when the government used them to keep an eye
on the people it was slightly acceptable since they had a decent reason for not
respecting our privacy, even if it is very invasive but on the other hand spy
app user use it to always invade people’s privacy for their own nefarious
reasons. Additionally, spy app users can be anybody at all, from a stalker to
an enemy trying to harm you, since they can easily be used to do the following
things:
Access Media Files
One of the worst things after identity theft is the theft of
personal property, especially in the form of pictures. In this age, people more
often than not tend to take their nude pictures and such pictures are always
taken through their smartphone. Now a stalker with access to spy apps will
certainly be able to get hold of your device and access your data which may not
only reflect badly on you for the rest of your life but it may also effectively
tarnish your relationship and greatly harm your self-esteem and self-respect.
Snoop Through Calls and Text Messages
The second worst thing perhaps a stalker using spy apps can do is
browse through your calls, text messages and contact list at their free will
which may not only effectively leak out your personal information but also
alert your stalker about your whereabouts, on the hour, every hour wherever he
may be. Additionally, it can also be bad for you loved ones and the people you
care about as their private life may also be at stake here.
Monitor Social Media
Nothing ever stays private when you put it on the net. If you have
you social media profiles logged in from your smartphone, you are giving easy
access to your most personal details to whoever is trying to stalk you. From
the email accounts to your handlers to your password everything is out in the
open and up for grabs for anyone keeping an eye on you.
Tracks and Bugs
Apart from all that spy apps also come equipped with GPS trackers
that can track your every movement right up to your exact location. This
enables your stalker to not only stalk you virtually but to also stalk you in
person. Wherever you may be, you will never be safe from whoever it is that is
after you. Additionally, camera and microphone bug can allow them to easily
look into what you are doing by turning your smartphone’s camera on and off at
will and listen in to the surrounding of the target device by turning the
microphone on as well.
The Bottom Line
Even though spy apps really are as bad a thing as any can be, yet
at the same time countless parents, employers and spouses are quite thankful to
spy apps for helping them in a keen digital eye on their children, employees
and other halves. One may argue that spy apps are a necessary evil, which
indeed stands to be true since they have benefited as many as it has
exploited, even more so. Maneuvering their use is like walking on the edge of
right and wrong but no one can deny that even though it can very effectively
kill privacy, it is capable of helping you out with things where everything
else seems to fail.
Author:
Aline Carrara is a
technology blogger and digital parenting expert. She love to write about
Digital Parenting and safety of children social media privacies. To know more
about her work follow her on Twitter: @AlineCarrara7
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