Stalking Apps
This site provides addresses where persons affected by cyberstalking can find support. It also offers links to guidances on how to protect oneself against stalking apps and other surveillance techniques. Finally, this site provides further readings on stalking apps.
Support in Germany
If you are a person affected by cyberstalking, please contact the following organisations for support:
FRIEDA-Frauenzentrum Berlin (for people living in Berlin)
Weisser Ring (also programmes for stalking executors)
bff - Frauen gegen digitale Gewalt (Bundesverband der Frauenberatungsstellen und Frauennotrufe in Deutschland)
How to secure your communication tools
Motherboard Vice
Kaspersky introduces a privacy alert function for stalkerwaremobilsicher
Tips and articles on how mobile devices work and how to secure data (German only): Tips against SpyAppsMobile Geeks
Stalking-Apps und wie ihr euch vor ihnen schützen könntHACK*BLOSSOM
DIY Cybersecurity for Domestic Violence provides Threat Scenarios and Defence Strategies to protect yourself onlineTechnology Safety
Confidentiality and safety toolkits by the National Network to End Domestic Violence, USASecurity in-a-box
Use your smartphone as securely as possibleAccess Now
Digital Security HelplineCryptoparty
CryptoParty offers free and open hands-on support to secure digital devices in many places all over the world.Security Planner is an easy-to-use guide with expert-reviewed advice for staying safer online.
Further Reading
Motherboard Vice
Regular articles on spyware are available at the publication platform Motherboard: Motherboard Spyware and especially their investigative series When Spies Come HomeKaspersky research on commercial surveillance software, with figures from 2018
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Alptraum Handy-Wanze: Overiew of stalking apps and how to detect the two SpyApps FlexiSpy and mSpy on Android and iOS phones (German).mobilsicher
Articles on SpyApps
(German only)golem
How FlexiSpy works (German): Wir lassen uns Spyware installierenThe New York Times (05/2018)
Hundreds of Apps Can Empower Stalkers to Track Their VictimsAnne Roth
Talk at the 35th Chaos Communication Congress (German): Stalking, Spy Apps, Doxing: Digitale Gewalt gegen Frauennetzpolitik.org
Podcast: NPP 168: Wenn Männer stalken, drohen und abhören
Chris Köver im Gespräch mit Anne Roth (Netzpolitik-Expertin der Linksfraktion) und Anna Hartmann (Dachverband der Frauenberatungsstellen) über Frauen, die vermehrt in Beratungsstellen anfragen, wie sie sich gegen Cyberstalking und digitale Gewalt wehren könnenBroadly
Unfollow me. A campaign standing up for victims of domestic violence and stalkingIntimate Partner Violence Tech Research
is interdisciplinary group of researchers at Cornell Tech, Cornell University, and New York University studying how to improve digital safety and privacy for victims of intimate partner violence. The following research papers are available: