The tricky thing about spyware-and what separates it from the growing threat of ransomware-is the fact that spyware is designed to both install discretely and operate silently in the background. Spyware is a type of computer virus that hides on your computer or mobile device, records your private data and sends that information back to whoever created it or monitors it. Government spying and malware may be taking up the bulk of the privacy conversations these days, but there’s one type of virus that’s been silently infecting computers: spyware.
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