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Daily Dashboard | Mobile-based spyware for consumers is powerful and cheap Related reading: OMB to issue government-wide AI risk mitigation directive

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A Motherboard reporter tested spyware software that uses an SMS message to access the user's camera, GPS and microphone, allowing the spy to hear the conversation of the person being surveilled. These types of software are easily available for both iPhone and Android users for $170 or less, the report states. These products are vastly unregulated, and "they can be extremely, extremely potent," said Cyber Diligence President Yalkin Demirkaya. While governments use similar malware, this "consumer spyware is not marketed to governments," the report continues. "Instead, many of the companies explicitly gear products toward jealous lovers — especially men — who want to monitor their spouses."
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