“It is very common for the abuser to use the child's devices as a way of spying on the survivor,” Eva Galperin, director of cybersecurity at activist organization the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who has worked to apply pressure on the stalkerware industry, told Motherboard in a phone call. But it also highlights the risk more specifically of family monitoring apps software that may be marketed more for keeping tabs on children, but which can play a more sinister role in domestic violence. This episode starkly shows the real-world threat of stalkerware, software that is installed on victim devices to listen, track, or surveil them and others.
That’s when he returned to the apartment and allegedly shot both of them, the reports said. The New York Post added that Abulaban was later specifically “listening” through the app and heard his wife and Barron talking and laughing. On Thursday morning, Abulaban allegedly vandalized the couple’s home and installed the app, NBC 7 San Diego reported, citing prosecutors. Abulaban is particularly popular from his “Skyrim IRL” series, in which he depicts how characters from the Bethesda Studios fantasy world would act in real life.Ībulaban allegedly murdered Ana Abulaban, 29, and friend Rayburn Barron, 28, after he listened to them through an app he had surreptitiously installed on his daughter’s iPad that allowed him to monitor what was happening around the device, according to multiple media reports.
Last week Ali Nassar Abulaban, a popular TikTok and other social media personality with over a million followers combined across his accounts, allegedly murdered his wife and a man.