Coalition Against Stalkerware: Organizations Working Against Domestic Violence Join Forces With IT Security Companies
Summary
WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, ten organizations – Avira, Electronic Frontier Foundation, European Network for the Work with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence, G DATA Cyber Defense, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes, National Network to End Domestic Violence, NortonLifeLock, Operation Safe Escape and WEISSER RING – have launched a global initiative called the Coalition Against Stalkerware. Stalkerware programs carry the possibility for intrusion into a person’s private life and are being used as a tool for abuse in cases of domestic violence and stalking. With this in mind, the founding members of the Coalition Against Stalkerware have taken the important step of creating a proper definition and reaching a consensus on detection criteria. For example, it is important to consider whether removing stalkerware could potentially cause more harm, as the abuser will be informed immediately by the app, or it could erase evidence critical to a law enforcement investigation. The creation of this Coalition is an exciting step forward to address this problem.” - Erica Olsen, Director of the Safety Net Project at the National Network to End Domestic Violence “As a non-profit organization, we know that technology facilitates abusers’ access to their victims’ private data.