Google bans stalkerware in their add networks

In a recent article I’ve read, its being reported that Google is getting rid of stalkerware as part of their add campaigning. What’ll it do for apps within the ecosystem, we don’t know. Stalkerware is a very interesting topic among itself, but I’m not very familiar with it at all and something I’ve covered some of. Some software could be considered stalkerware, depending on how one views it. For example, all of the parental apps that keep track of one’s usage of a device and shuts it off at a given time could be considered stalkerware.

For complete details including links to other things it talks about, read the Cyberscoop article Google bans stalkerware marketing in ad policy adjustment, but leaves big loophole and lets discuss this if it interests you.