Potentially unwanted apps-- so we talked a little bit
about Adware.
The Adware is targeted toward you.
When we look at the infection rate of Adware,
it's really slow because it's not like it used to be.
However, Adware still exists, and there's a lot
of information about the users.
Trackware-- so Trackware is actually
going to be spying on you, tracking your locations,
where you're going.
Trackware is extremely scary.
But think about this.
Normal applications on the device
could be used to track you.
Fitness-- so I talked about fitness locations.
All of my fitness friends could technically
watch all the locations I am when I do workouts.
Think about third-party applications--
Facebook, Instagram.
If you're checking in, you're tagging your locations.
That's kind of Trackware that you're putting out there
for the world to see.
Think about all the people who check in at the airport,
check in at the hotel, post a view from their hotel,
go out to dinner, tag the restaurant,
take a picture of their food, show who they're with,
make messages like, oh, my gosh, I miss my dog who's home alone.
Now everyone knows where you live
and that your house is empty.
We make it so easy to be tracked.
Be very, very careful with this.
If you are on an iPhone, check TCC.DB,
and see what has access to Liverpool.
If you are on an Android, look at the privacy dashboard,
and see what has access to your location.
For spyware-- Spyware can be free.
Technically, iCloud could be Spyware.
Find My iPhone-- absolutely Spyware.
Google-- think about all of the location artifacts that
are being collected on you.
If someone has your username and passcode,
they can log in and access that.
The more you pay for Malware--
or Spyware, sorry-- the more you pay for Spyware,
the better it will hide.
You will have Spyware that's advertised
to catch cheating spouses.
That Spyware that will catch cheating spouses
is also the same thing that will track where your teenager is
to keep them safe.
It's the same thing that employers could use to say,
OK, Heather works in pharmaceutical sales.
I want to make sure she's not at her house at 2:00 PM
every day of the week sitting by the pool having a drink.
I want to make sure she's actually on the road,
so they will use these GPS trackers.
That's exactly the same thing that is advertised
to catch your cheating spouse.
So they purposely take these apps
and put different icons on them and advertise them
in different ways to get the attention of the person who
wants to do the spying.
Not always necessary.
You could typically use anything that's built onto that device.