The commodification of mobile phone surveillance: an analysis of the consumer spyware industry

This article examines the attempts of "spyware" developers to commodify and market their products to a general audience. While consumers of "spyware" have often been government and law enforcement (Citizen Lab, 2015), there is an increasing attempt to market, sell, and commodify...

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Autor principal: Harkin, Diarmaid 1986- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Molnar, Adam ; Vowles, Erica
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2020
En: Crime, media, culture
Año: 2020, Volumen: 16, Número: 1, Páginas: 33-60
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Palabras clave:
Family Violence
Privacy
Private Security
spyware
Surveillance

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