Michigan man learns the hard way that “catch a cheater” spyware apps aren’t legal
摘要
pcTattletale是一款监控手机和电脑使用情况的软件，由Bryan Fleming于2002年参与开发。该软件可记录目标设备上的所有操作并上传视频供订阅者查看。其用途曾包括家长监控子女或雇主监督员工，甚至被宣传用于协助执法调查。然而，Fleming近期在联邦法院承认，他明知故犯地开发并推广了该软件，用于在未经同意的情况下监控其他成年人，例如秘密监视伴侣
In 2002, Bryan Fleming helped to create pcTattletale, software for monitoring phone and computer usage. Fleming's tool would record everything done on the target device, and the videos would be uploaded to a server where they could be viewed by the pcTattletale subscriber.
This might sound creepy, but it can also be legal when used by a parent monitoring their child or an employee monitoring their workers. These are exactly the use cases that were once outlined on pcTattletale's website, where the software was said to have "helped tens of thousands of parents stop their daughters from meeting up with pedophiles." Businesses can "track productivity, theft, lost hours, and more." Even "police departments use it for investigating."
But this week, nearly 25 years after launching pcTattletale, Fleming pled guilty in federal court to having knowingly built and marketed software to spy on other adults without their consent. In other words, pcTattletale was often used to spy on romantic partners without their knowledge—and Fleming helped people do it.
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