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• So it warns permanently right from the start (Score:3)

  by ffkom ( 3519199 ) writes: on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @05:55PM (#58380866)

  … because of all the Stalkerware that Google, the phone manufacturer, the Chinese Government and the NSA pre-installed on your new device before you switched it on for the first time?

  Sounds not that value-adding to me.

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  • Re: (Score:2)

    by postbigbang ( 761081 ) writes:

    It’s difficult to believe Kaspersky anyway, after their debacle with the US Gov. Don’t trust anyone, just put your phone in a Faraday bag.
• Who’s the market here? (Score:1)

  by Anonymous Coward writes:

  Aren’t ALL apps stalkerware these days?
• Four questions. (Score:1)

  by Anonymous Coward writes:

  1. Why did Kaspersky (apparently) not previously mark this “stalkerware” as malware? Since it is, you know… malicious? Makes no sense. Why even make the distinction between “stalkerware” and “malware” at all? Both are the same thing.
  2. Does this mean that Kaspersky will show warnings on 100% of all “mobile phones”, then, since 100% of these surveillance devices are used for stalking you?
  3. How can this “stalkerware” be said to “turn[s] victims’ phones into surveillance devices” when they already *are* sur

  • Re: (Score:1)

    by AHuxley ( 892839 ) writes:

    1. “Malicious” would be the difference between a person installing software to find/track their own smartphone and pushed down malware.
    2. Most nations police/gov/mil have had that support for decades. File access, live mic, camera… voice prints.
    3. A person installing software to find/track their own smartphone. ie expected results.
    4. Pushed down onto the smartphone if its malware.

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