Today’s world of technology and social media has altered the world of cyber crime, particularly in relation to stalking.
Whilst most widely available apps are intended to be useful and created to make our lives easier, perpetrators have abused some of these apps for their own gain and to continue monitoring of their victim.
One popular app is Life 360, a tracking app intended for families or friends to track each other’s location. Some reasons for this may be safety or to track your device, however, this is commonly misused by perpetrators to track their victim’s location so it is really important if you use these apps to keep an eye on who you share your location with, if anybody.
Other areas of concern include connecting to devices in the home such as Alexas, Google Hubs, wifi routers and even energy apps to listen into conversations or control these devices remotely. This causes significant alarm for victims as although the behaviour isn’t overtly malicious, the messaging that the perpetrator will not leave you alone is frightening.
If you are concerned this may be happening to you, our message is that this is a form of stalking and it is not acceptable.
Please reach out to your local support service, the National Stalking Helpline 0808 802 0300 or police force as this is a crime and should be treated as such.
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