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Amber Bouman

Catwatchful child monitoring app is actually spyware that leaked user data online — how to stay safe

Spyware.

Catwatchful is an app that claims to be a “child monitoring app” but is, in actuality, a spyware app that acts invisibly on phones to send a victim’s data back to a dashboard viewable by the person who downloaded it.

Also called ‘stalkerware’ this app experienced a data breach via a security flaw that exposed both the email addresses and passwords of thousands of customers – and the phone data of thousands of victims.

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