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#Abusive Spouses are Using Spyware to Track their Victims The use of surveillance software by abusive spouses to monitor the phones
Helplines and women refuge charities have reported a dramatic rise in the use of spyware apps to eavesdrop on the victims of domestic violence via their mobiles and other electronic devices,
found that more than 50 per cent of abusive partners used spyware or some other form of electronic surveillance to stalk their victims.
computers and toys pre-loaded with spyware to infiltrate a target home. Polly Neate, chief executive of Women Aid, told The Independent:
placing spyware on personal computers and using the internet to gather information about their partner. Many software packages are marketed openly as tools for covertly tracking a heating wife
Campaigners are concerned particularly at the insidious nature of spyware, which once installed on a computer
who had bugged her phone with spyware. He then told her he had connections with criminals
an abusive husband managed to gain access to his spouse ebay account using spyware and found a delivery address.
while the use of spyware to stalk or eavesdrop on a victim is illegal in Britain,
While most companies marketing spyware are based abroad, the eavesdropping technology is also available in Britain through specialist retailers and also the website of the high-street electronics retailer Maplin.
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