Eva Galperin: Stalkerware, Surveillance, and Real-World Harm
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Eva Galperin discusses the dangers of stalkerware and its implications for privacy and cybersecurity.
Eva Galperin explains how stalkerware, ordinary phone access, coercion, and weak privacy defaults can let someone close create devastating real-world harm. In this episode, we cover: What stalkerware is and why hiding from the user matters Why intimate-partner abuse changes the cybersecurity threat model Privacy as consent and control, not isolation Why end-to-end encryption is not magic if the endpoint is compromised Password managers, VPN myths, patching, and backups What security teams miss when they only focus on exotic adversaries Guest: Eva Galperin, Director of Cybersecurity at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and co-founder of the Coalition Against Stalkerware. Resources: EFF Surveillance Self-Defense: https://ssd.eff.org/ Coalition Against Stalkerware: https://stopstalkerware.org/
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