The Spy Who Robbed Me: What You Need To Know About Spyware
With the exception of those who are competing in reality TV shows, who wants to be watched? Who wants to be seen in their most vulnerable and private moments? Who wants to be deprived of his privacy and his freedom to keep things for himself? Most importantly, who wants to jeopardize his security by unwittingly exposing the things he should be keeping a secret to someone whos watching from afar?
Before you start thinking that were referring to a psychopathic voyeur who is observing you from the building adjacent to your house, let us clarify that were going to discuss about spyware. Yes. Spyware: a program which has been the bane to Internet users for the past three years.
Spyware is one of those things that were invented for a good purpose, but was eventually exploited in time. Spyware was originally meant as a tool that would allow you to monitor the usage of your PC terminal while youre away from the keyboard so that you can prevent illegal access to the same. Eventually, it found other borderline uses, like catching a cheating spouse or significant other, prying on your daughters...