I’m sure you like me, have come to grips with the truth of the matter – we are all being watched. Whether it is by Google monitoring your searches and using them to provide ads specific to your taste, or your favorite store monitoring your purchases based on your membership number, could even be the mailman noticing the ridiculous amount of Amazon boxes delivered to your home. We all know by some extent that to hide what you do now-a-days is quiet difficult.
But these are things we have come to accept in our society, in someways it is hidden but in the end we understand what is being done. Where do we draw the line? These are companies that watch your purchases for their best interest, what if someone you knew personally was monitoring you either for your or their best interest?
Seven applications have been located available for download on Google Play store to assist in stocking or “monitoring” your spouse, employee, or child as they are marketed.
These apps require physical interaction with the mobile device – the stocker would have to download the app directly onto the users device, which would require knowing or hacking into the victims passwords.
These applications have all been taken down by Google, however in total there have already been 130,000 downloads completely. Though these apps have been removed from the Play store – they are still available for download on the application owners websites.
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