# What you need to know about stalkerware

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDWomen 2019
- Speaker: Eva Galperin
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/eva_galperin_what_you_need_to_know_about_stalkerware)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

"Full access to a person's phone is the next best thing to full access to a person's mind," says cybersecurity expert Eva Galperin. In an urgent talk, she describes the emerging danger of stalkerware -- software designed to spy on someone by gaining access to their devices without their knowledge -- and calls on antivirus companies to recognize these programs as malicious in order to discourage abusers and protect victims.

## Lectures

1. [What you need to know about stalkerware](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/eva_galperin_what_you_need_to_know_about_stalkerware/06a8fab5c19e), 13 min (TED's player)