Cybercrimeology

The Consumer Spyware Industry

Episode Summary

In the second of a three part series talking about research into technology-facilitated family or intimate partner violence we talk to Dr. Diarmaid Harkin, a Research Fellow at Deakin University, Australia who has recently co-authored a paper and a publicly available report examining the consumer spyware industry.

Episode Notes

Find out more about Dr Diarmaid Harkin:

https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/people/diarmaid-Harkin

Find the report mentioned in this show:

The Consumer Spyware Industry An Australian-based analysis of the threats of consumer spyware.

http://accan.org.au/files/Grants/2017%20successful%20projects/Deakin%20-%20Consumer%20Spyware%20Industry%20%20-%2030Jul19%20WEB.pdf

Find the paper mentioned in this show:

Harkin, D., Molnar, A., & Vowles, E. (2019). The commodification of mobile phone surveillance: An analysis of the consumer spyware industry. Crime, Media, Culture, 1741659018820562.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1741659018820562