Somebody’s Watching Me: The Crackdown on Stalkerware

Somebody’s Watching Me: The Crackdown on Stalkerware

From Close All Tabs by KQED

April 29, 2026 · 31 min

About this episode

Eva Galperin discusses her work against stalkerware and the support for survivors of tech-enabled abuse.

In 2018, researcher Eva Galperin made a discovery about a colleague. He had been sexually abusing women for decades, and threatening to expose their private information using “stalkerware” — hidden applications that allow people to spy on another person’s private life through their mobile device. This set Eva on a new path. She went on to found the Coalition Against Stalkerware, a network of researchers and advocacy groups working to limit the spread of stalkerware and support survivors of tech-enabled abuse. Eva joins Morgan to talk about how her background in cybersecurity allowed her to help countless survivors of stalkerware abuse, and how activists and researchers are beginning to turn the tide against a sprawling, largely hidden industry. Guest: Eva Galperin, director of cybersecurity at the Electronic Frontier Foundation Further Reading/Listening: What is stalkerware? — Coalition Against Stalkerware Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai, TechCrunch When whisper networks let us down — Sarah Jeong, The Verge Spyware Company Leaves ‘Terabytes’ of Selfies, Text Messages, and Location Data Exposed Online — Lorenzo…

People in this episode

Host: Morgan

Guest: Eva Galperin

Topics covered

  • stalkerware
  • cybersecurity
  • tech-enabled abuse
  • advocacy
  • survivor support
  • privacy

Keywords

  • stalkerware
  • cybersecurity
  • abuse
  • privacy
  • advocacy
  • survivors
  • technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Coalition Against Stalkerware

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