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First stalkerware maker prosecuted since 2014 receives no jail time

First stalkerware maker prosecuted since 2014 receives no jail time The first stalkerware manufacturer convicted in the U.S. since 2014 received no jail time at his Friday sentencing. Bryan Fleming, founder of pcTattletale, was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine by a San Diego federal judge and will spend no time in prison beyond the one day he already served. In January, he pleaded guilty to one count of manufacturing, distributing, possessing and advertising wire, oral or electronic communication intercepting devices. Fleming’s Michigan-based stalkerware company sold a surveillance product that was marketed as a way for people to spy on spouses and others without their consent. His conviction could be a harbinger of more stalkerware convictions to come and was the result of a long-running…

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