#How to spy WhatsApp

[juliansimonblog]

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WhatsApp, a globally recognized messaging platform, has gained immense popularity, leading to increased interest from parents, employers, and individuals for various reasons. In response to this demand, practical solutions in the form of WhatsApp monitoring applications have emerged. Despite WhatsApp's robust security measures, the potential for surveillance remains. SpyDm provides a means of remotely and discreetly monitoring someone's WhatsApp activities. Dive into this article to explore these tools and identify the most effective option!

Remotely Monitoring WhatsApp Messages: A Step-by-Step Guide The use of spy apps enables remote monitoring of WhatsApp messages, designed to observe and track activities on the target device, often without the owner's knowledge or consent.

Enter the SpyDm service, offering the capability to spy remotely without alerting the victim. No passwords or private account details are required for the spying process, ensuring the target remains unaware of the monitoring tool.

Upon accessing the site, the interface prompts you to choose the victim's country and enter their phone number. Select the specific content you want to monitor—text, images, or videos.

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Upon completing the verification process, you will be redirected to the victim's WhatsApp messages.

A comprehensive contact list will be displayed, featuring individuals recently messaged on WhatsApp—both sent and received messages.

Select a WhatsApp contact to view their direct messages.

Important Note: It is crucial to emphasize that the use of this tool is not endorsed. The presentation of the SpyDm tool is for educational purposes only. The responsibility lies with individuals to refrain from abusing this hacking method.

As of 2023, the SpyDm Software is reported to be functional; however, it may face potential removal for obvious reasons. It is crucial to approach such tools responsibly and ethically, respecting privacy and legal boundaries.

[mariacallous]

The only positive is that now that people are being kidnapped off the street by plain clothes ICE agents, the mainstream media has at least become bolder in naming what’s happening. You’ve probably seen stories about the Venezuelan deportees who’ve been shipped off to the megaprison in El Salvador including a Dallas bakery worker whose family claim he was identified as a gang member on the basis of an autism awareness tattoo.

Something about the story had snagged in my brain since I went down a rabbit hole of reading and watching videos on the prison and today, I realised why it’s bothered me so much. It’s not just that it is visibly a concentration camp, though it is. It resembles a set of vast battery chicken sheds for humans. The US deportees taken without any due process and with distressingly little chance of ever getting out are being placed in cells of more than 80 men crammed into tiered metal bunks. The whole place is a human rights violation but the authorities happily let in the cameras and show off the highly militarised guards and brutally choreographed admittance procedures.

What I’ve realised is that this is a concentration camp designed for social media. A point that was proved when the US Secretary for Homeland Security filmed herself in front of rows of silent prisoners and posted it on Twitter. I don’t quite know what this trend should be called. #fascistporn?

That’s a gold rolex, she’s wearing obviously.

The prison has been a key plank in the president of El Salvador’s strongman credentials and the alliance with Trump feels like a macabre new model for international relations.

Introducing #InstaFacism: The new axis of edgelord strongmen & how to WhatsApp a Russian spy

[mrs-barnes-rogers-writes]

The Fate Of A Fae - Part 3

Marvel AU

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x reader x Steve Rogers

Theme: Soulmates / Monster/Fantasy AU

You know on sight. Friends also know when they meet you if you're a match for one of their friends.

Summary: Natasha Romanoff is a meddling, pain in the ass Sprite, who you wrongly thought would leave you alone once you introduced her to your best friend, Darcy. News flash, she doesn’t and she won’t. Not when she thinks you’re a perfect match for two of her best friends. Could she be right? Maybe. Just don’t tell her that.

“Never tell Natasha Romanoff she was right” - Clint Barton

Chapter Summary: This Zoom call could have been an email and the reader is starting to teeter.

If this Zoom call went on any longer you were going to take the pen you’d been twiddling in your fingers for the last half hour and gauge it into one of your eyes.

Dramatic but a Zoom call that could have been an email or voice-note was not what you wanted or needed this morning.

You continued to look out of the window again. The drizzle of the rain and wind a reflection of your mood. Probably too windy for dragons too.

Your laptop pinged with a WhatsApp message and you immediately regretted adding it to your desktop. There was a reason your phone was off. Luckily the others had seemed to have taken the hint. Your work acquaintances not so much.

Tyler At least act interested

Did you mute yourself so we couldn’t hear you sighing, because we can still see your eyes rolling you know!!!

Shit she’s asking you a question!!!!

You tried to style out you jumping up in your seat and your eyes going wide as you scrambled to take yourself off mute.

“Sorry you broke up at the start?” you lied.

Amanda huffed, she knew you weren’t paying attention but let it slide. You were one of the best freelance editors she had. Your deadlines were always met, you were meticulous in your work and you could hold your own with the writers, even with some of the more arsehole creatures. The fact you weren’t paying attention was out of character. Glancing at the screen she knew the other two editors were on friendly terms with you and Tyler’s concerned face along with Marshall’s frown pushed her to break her usual ‘no casual chat’ protocol.

“Y/N? Is everything ok?”

You felt a lump form in your throat. Was it that obvious that something was wrong? That someone that barely knew you would ask if you were ok?”

“What do you mean?”

“Are you alright? You don’t seem like your usually bright, sarcastic self.” She said lightly trying to make light of the situation, when in all honesty you looked like shit, and this book was awful. You’d usually have given opening notes on how bad it was but you’d barely said hello.

“I’m fine” you replied too quickly for any of their liking.

“Are you sure kid? You don’t look good.” Marshall replied.

Tyler put his head in his hands. Fuck you were 100% going to lose it now. Marshall might have been 10 years older than you but him calling you kid was something you hated, him pointing out the obvious of you looking like death warmed up was sure to make you snark back.

“I’m fine. What was the question?”

Tyler couldn’t help but let his mouth fall open in shock. Where was the snarky reply?

Amanda repeated the question a frown across her forehead.

“We were going over plot issues?”

“One sec I have a list” you’d replied, reading them out like a shopping list, no usual sarcastic notes to go with them. As you rounded up the end of your notes the funny anecdotes were back but the glint in your eye that usually came with them wasn’t.

“It’s basically like he’s watched a bunch of Walking Dead, 28 Days Later, a couple of low budget movies and pushed them together. How the virus started has changed three times and we’re a third in.”

“Okay, okay. Let’s pause on this, put in your invoices so far and make a start on the next project.”

The next thirty minutes were spent prepping for the next project. This time a military and spy type drama, which was almost entirely human based.

“So it’s a fantasy drama then?” Tyler had quipped.

“Just make a start please.” Amanda replied pleadingly.

“Y/N? You OK to lead this one?” Marshall asked. You were looking out the window again.

“Y/N?” Amanda asked.

“Sorry what?”

“Are you good to lead? And actually what’s so interesting on that side of the room?” Amanda asked.

“The window.” Tyler replied for you.

“What?”

“I’ve been to her apartment, it’s the window.”

“What? I’m not doing anything?!” you interrupted.

“I just asked if you were good to lead?” Marshall asked softly again.

Clearly you weren’t. Leading meant checking everyone’s work, being thorough and you couldn’t even pay attention on a Zoom call.

“Actually no.”

There was a flurry of gasps and widening eyes.

“Y/n?”

“I don’t have any military background, and I’m not entirely human am I so, I don’t think I should lead this one. I should be last edit.”

Your laptop pinged again.

Tyler What the fuck is going on?

You never take third!! You’re way too qualified for that.

Y/N what is going on?

You ignored it and looked back at the Zoom call. You were met with concerned faces. Amanda broke first.

“OK, why don’t we sleep on this and regroup tomorrow morning? But put in your invoices for the zombie trash.”

You nodded, trying to hold yourself together and left the call. You pushed down your emotions and pure exhaustion and decided going back to bed with a cup of tea and some chocolate was the answer. Yeah that was it, you were a bit hormonal and that was the problem. It had nothing to do with meeting one of your soulmates, your complete lack of self worth and the fact you were damaged, along with your ears now felt like they were on fire.

Yet none of that had stopped you looking out the window hoping to see Bucky again. It’s too wet and windy for dragons anyway.

As you pulled a mug from the drainer, your favourite mug no less, you caught it on the stack of plates, sending them towards the floor. Trying to catch them you caught the mug on the worktop and broke it in half.

It went downhill from there when you threw what was left of it on to the floor in your temper. This was quickly followed by you swiping all the other dishes off the drainer as a scream of frustration ripped from your throat. You burst into tears and slipped down on the floor and sobbed.

Your laptop pinged repeatedly. Messages and missed calls from your work colleagues.

Then Darcy.

Darcy Boo Can you pick up please? Tyler called. He said you were out of it on the work call. Are you ok?

Please? I’m worried.

Bucky Doll, is everything ok?

Precious, I’m going to need you to answer me.

I’m coming over there if you don’t reply.

Look, I know we aren’t bonded yet but I know something is off.

You have 5 minutes to reply or I’m coming over.

Answer me.

On the other side of the room, sitting on the floor among broken plates and mugs, your sobs slowed as you drifted off to sleep.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

This day in history

#20yrsago The Grey Video https://random.waxy.org/video/grey_video.mov

#20yrsago Canada’s DMCA: why is it a bad idea? https://web.archive.org/web/20050428093632/http://www.digital-copyright.ca/files/The_Truth__Final__clean__Nov_16_04_DAF.html

#20yrsago Internet Archive pages are admissable into evidence https://web.archive.org/web/20041120050733/https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/packets/vol_2_no_3/002728.shtml/

#15yrsago Demonstrating TSA futility by stabbing dead pigs with pens https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17325460/

#15yrsago Chumby One: handsome successor to the cutest computer ever https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2009/chumby-one

#15yrsago EFF analyzes the legal creepiness of ACTA, the secret copyright treaty https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/11/stopping-acta-juggernaut

#15yrsago Maricopa deputy steals defender’s paperwork during a court case http://www.heatcity.org/2009/11/judge-orders-officer-to-apologize-or-face-jail-for-taking-attorneys-file.html

#15yrsago SFPD cops from imaginary anti-dance-party squad steal laptops https://web.archive.org/web/20091120193839/https://www.sfweekly.com/2009-11-18/music/s-f-cops-may-have-gone-too-far-in-seizing-dj-gear-at-underground-parties/

#10yrsago Director Lexi Alexander explains why she sides with pirates https://torrentfreak.com/why-hollywood-director-lexi-alexander-sides-with-pirates-141118/

#10yrsago Bumfights creator accused of stealing remains of dead children from Thai hospital museum https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/443837/body-parts-in-dhl-packages-stolen-from-siriraj-museum-hospital-says

#10yrsago New sf story: “Huxleyed into the Full Orwell” https://www.vice.com/en/article/huxleyed-into-the-full-cory-orwell-cory-doctorow/

#10yrsago Whatsapp integrates Moxie Marlinspike’s Textsecure end-to-end crypto https://www.wired.com/2014/11/whatsapp-encrypted-messaging/

#5yrsago Podcast: Jeannette Ng Was Right, John W. Campbell Was a Fascist https://ia803108.us.archive.org/19/items/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_315/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_315_-_Jeannette_Ng_Was_Right_John_W_Campbell_Was_a_Fascist.mp3

#5yrsago Coop’s tribute to Randotti Skulls, from the golden age of Haunted Mansion merchandise https://memex.craphound.com/2019/11/18/coops-tribute-to-randotti-skulls-from-the-golden-age-of-haunted-mansion-merchandise/

#5yrsago Beyond antitrust: the anti-monopoly movement and what it stands for https://onezero.medium.com/the-utah-statement-reviving-antimonopoly-traditions-for-the-era-of-big-tech-e6be198012d7

#5yrsago Massive leak of Chinese government documents reveal the “no mercy” plan for Muslims in Xinjiang https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/16/world/asia/china-xinjiang-documents.html

#5yrsago 900 pages of leaked Iranian spy cables reveal how America’s failures after invasions allowed Iran to seize control of Iraqi politics https://theintercept.com/2019/11/18/iran-iraq-spy-cables/

[nebra-sky-disk]

anyone of you guys networking/IT freaks? im sure some of you must be. i wonder abt something strange. the wifi network onboard has a captive portal where u log in with ur credentials so they can limit ur usage and ig to spy on u. i notice that periodically you have to sign in again but its kinda weird its like. if you're using for example whatsapp or spotify or whatever and you get the notification to sign in to the wifi network, the app you were using at the time of being signed out will continue to work, but any other app won't work. that's what happens if i'm NOT using my vpn.

if im using my vpn client then i notice i can continue to use everything as per normal even tho im not logged into the captive portal. to me this suggests that the connection u have open at the time of being signed out for some reason doesn't get closed and u can use it anyway? does that make sense? and the vpn works bcus everything is just going thru a single connection? right? yes? no?

its not really of any importance but its curious and i guess it shows something about how these types of connections work or something abt the captive portal... im like an unnatural philosopher...

[voidc4t]

if my european followers haven't noticed already WhatsApp (Meta) rolled out their FORCED AI into their app that you can't DEACTIVE/OPT OUT sometime this week. and I'm completely serious about boycotting anything AI so I told my few contacts including my dad that I'll stop using WhatsApp soon and will switch to Signal or Telegram and like, the reactions I got!

- But how am I gonna contact you?!?! - idk like there's SMS and calls and like if you read my message I'll use another messenger?? lol

- Don't make such a big deal out of it they have your data anyway. - sure but I'm still gonna make a point and uninstall/stop using their shit spy software.

like jfc don't be so passive about this shit and show them you don't support this crap! I've stopped using Google Drive after they started feeding your files to their AI, yes it was a lot of work to archive and move my files since I've been using it for a decade but I don't stand for this shit. I've ditched and will continue to ditch anything with AI as far as I can. watch me. I also have some hope that european privacy laws will do something about this shit.

[omnomnb]

can you imagine if whatsapp added the ddd's "spy on chatrooms you're not in" feature. like do you ever think about how dogshit that would be if it was part of an actual messenger app

[mochinon-yah]

Just as i said in my pinned post, I. NEED. TO. YAP!!!!! I'm yapping abt the kdrama trauma code down here so uh spoiler alert i suppose

YO GUYS TRAUMA CODE KDRAMA IS SO GOOD ASHWBWNDJMS I RECOMMEND IT SO BAD TO EVERYONE 😭😭😭 LIKE WOOOAHSHSHB HOW HOW IS IT SO CUTE, SO FUNNY, HAS THE VIBE I LIKE AND IT'S JUST SO 💗💗

You guys have to know i screamed for like days in my whatsapp channel (there are only 4 ppl there, and yes, they're all my friends) just saying how beautiful and good the show is and omgvadgbejsk i'm never that confident with my recommendation list right BUT MAN,,,, YOU have to watch it like pretty pls pls 🥺 i wanna yap n simp with someone abt this

The whole crew did so good and i love how realistic the show is with the operations like wowww they also even studied from professors to learn more about the medical terms and such like awaahejsj the dedication 🫶

AND THEN the comedy aspect??? Bro u have got to be kidding me, it's actually so natural and i like it so much. It doesn't feel forced or anything of the like,,, i'd love to watch a season 2 if they ever decided to make more 🥺 pls make a season 2 i'm begging on my knees plspslpsls-

Aight i never really told anyone abt my taste for tv series character but man, the main character (baek kang-hyuk, played by ju ji-hoon) is so smug and i love him for it. Ju ji-hoon did such a good job in making the character come true like ???? I can't picture another guy anymore,,,, i'm sorry, it's already ingrained in my brain that ju ji-hoon will always be baek kang-hyuk 😔 his dynamic with the others (mainly just yang jae-woon, played by choo yeong-woo) is so natural and so comedy i just can't help but love em all 🥹

I might just read the webcomic atp, actually ykw yeah imma read it HAHAHAHA 💪 they said the kdrama didn't cover most of the cases that appeared in the webcomic so i meannnnn yeah why not

ALSO i gotta appreciate our beautiful n cutie pie slave no. 1 (aka yang jae-woon, he's called 'budak no. 1' in indonesia so i assume he's called slave in english?) and his traumatic experience with baek kang-hyuk HAHAHAHAH man is even more traumatised than the severe trauma team case. I love how he just cursed silently and the screamed like a madman when baek kang-hyuk finally woke up after his surgery like lmaoooo man is traumatised and just so glad his teacher woke up 😭😭😭

My fave character tho (based on looks n vibes) is the anesthesiologist ABABSJWK, park gyeong-won u cutie pie, he looks so serious but he's actually kinda silly lollll. I love how he's also like "well if i don't become the spy, then somebody else will be a real spy for the director" AND ALSO he was like "yeah i wanna join the trauma team, i've always wanted to" like awhsbdjskks man i think i just fell in love deeper but like yk it's okay it's cool ofc haha it's not like i screamed abt him so much in my whatsapp channel a few days ago-

AND THE NURSE 🥹🥹🥹 the cutie gangster 🫶 she's so admirable actually, i really love her line when she said that working as a medical personnel is not about getting recognition, it's just that someone needs to do it and for some reason, she's one of them! She works five years in the trauma team before baek kang-hyuk comes in NOT because she wants to get recognised, but it's just because someone needs to step up and do it, that's all. It really touched my heart and i feel so 🥹🫶

AND YO THE LAST LINE BEFORE THE DRAMA ENDS? "Thank you to all medical personnel for your services" or smth smth like that and i was just so 🫠 I LOVE THIS DRAMAAAA, the comedy, the heart touching scenes, i love all of em muach muach

Okay imma stop yapping n just do my assignments LMAO, i literally binged thru the whole episodes in like one day lolll, so yeah it is THAT good, well at least imho

[ashadowofburnedoutstardust]

The US govt has been funding shit like this

Pretty sure doing so to foreign citizens may be violating a few international privacy laws......

Just how many people is Israel looking to fuck off?

No wonder no one wants to help the US right now

They've been using Israel to spy on everyone

[mariacallous]

This post has been sitting in my draft for three weeks now. I’m sorry for the radio silence and thank you for your patience. I’ll include some of what I wrote previously below but a bit of an explanation, first. I think I’ve been suffering a bit of news whiplash. The news in general, and my own corner of it.

Trump’s re-election in November fell just as we, the journalists of the Guardian and Observer, were fighting to save what we felt was the soul of our news organisation, though sadly that wasn’t a recognised line item on any P&L report.

The fight was energising and instructive and clarifying on many levels, but the backwash from it has also been time-consuming and draining. I’ll fill you in on that another time. But I think I’ve finally felt, on the personal level, the “information collapse” that I’ve been thinking and talking a lot about recently.

It’s the term that I’ve been using to describe the tectonic shifts in our news and information system and the chaos of a world in which algorithmically driven social media on platforms owned by unaccountable monopolists has driven out fact-based reporting and news.

We’re dealing with a world in which truth and lies and conspiracy and science compete for eyeballs but not on a level playfield. The game is algorithmically rigged. Conspiracies are often more fun than facts. They drive more engagement and engagement makes more money, that actually is a fact. Meanwhile, journalism is expensive. Since Musk bought Twitter, it’s become impossible to ignore: endless content from MAGA accounts you don’t follow interlaced with crackbait viral videos.

But it’s one thing to write about information collapse, and another to live it. The Observer, or the hollowed-out shell of it, transfers to Tortoise on April 23rd and 100+ journalists have been terminated from the Guardian in various different guises. I’ve said before that in some ways, it doesn’t feel like a particularly surprising coincidence that this happened at the same moment that the tech bros merge with the US presidency. But on the other hand, it has been a lot to deal with.

And then, there’s the news. The only positive is that now that people are being kidnapped off the street by plain clothes ICE agents, the mainstream media has at least become bolder in naming what’s happening. You’ve probably seen stories about the Venezuelan deportees who’ve been shipped off to the megaprison in El Salvador including a Dallas bakery worker whose family claim he was identified as a gang member on the basis of an autism awareness tattoo.

Something about the story had snagged in my brain since I went down a rabbit hole of reading and watching videos on the prison and today, I realised why it’s bothered me so much. It’s not just that it is visibly a concentration camp, though it is. It resembles a set of vast battery chicken sheds for humans. The US deportees taken without any due process and with distressingly little chance of ever getting out are being placed in cells of more than 80 men crammed into tiered metal bunks. The whole place is a human rights violation but the authorities happily let in the cameras and show off the highly militarised guards and brutally choreographed admittance procedures.

What I’ve realised is that this is a concentration camp designed for social media. A point that was proved when the US Secretary for Homeland Security filmed herself in front of rows of silent prisoners and posted it on Twitter. I don’t quite know what this trend should be called. #fascistporn?

That’s a gold rolex, she’s wearing obviously.

The prison has been a key plank in the president of El Salvador’s strongman credentials and the alliance with Trump feels like a macabre new model for international relations.

A federal judge ordered the plane to turn around and return the deportees, and this was President Bukele’s response:

Bukele describes himself as a “philosopher king” in his Twitter profile and he’s a shitposter in the mould of Musk, retweeted by Musk, and now offering cutprice offshore rates for US’s first fascist outsourcing needs.

The prison episode, I’ve realised, isn’t just another bullet point in the breaking of the American Republic. And the US hasn’t just joined the axis of autocracy. This is a new an axis of edgelord strongmen who understand memetic warfare. And this feels like just the beginning.

Wood for trees

I hadn’t seen Bukele’s tweet until I read about it in this piece in the Guardian by Larry Tribe. He’s a Harvard professor and one of the leading constitutional scholars in America who has long been a clear and prescient voice about the risks that Trump poses to American democracy. He’s also someone who understands the role of technology in what we’re seeing happening. I got to know him a bit in the run-up to the 2020 US presidential election when he joined the Facebook Oversight Board.

The piece is a superb response to the dry and scholarly debate in the US about exactly what constitutes a “constitutional crisis” as opposed to some punchy executive orders that may be overturned etcetc. It explains some of the timidity of the press coverage to date and Larry helpfully scythes his way through the consitutional dithering:

But searching for evidence of a “constitutional crisis” in the rapidly escalating clashes of the executive branch with the judicial branch misses the larger cataclysm taking place across the US. This president, abetted by the supine acquiescence of the Republican Congress and licensed by a US supreme court partly of his own making, is not just temporarily deconstructing the institutions that comprise our democracy. He and his circle are making a bid to reshape the US altogether by systematically erasing and distorting the historical underpinnings of our 235-year-old experiment in self-government under law. What we are currently living through is nothing less than a reorganized forgetting of the building blocks of our republic and the history of our struggles, distorting what it means to be American. The body politic is being hollowed out by a rapidly metastasizing virus attacking the underpinnings of our entire constitutional system. Make no mistake. This is how dictatorship grows.

How to WhatsApp an (alleged) Russian spy

Now that Trump and Putin are buddies, Britain has become Russia’s number one enemy. That’s not supposition. Reuters has reported that the Russian foreign intelligence service had made a rare public announcement:

"London today, like on the eve of both World Wars of the last century, is acting as the main global 'warmonger. The time has come to expose them and send a clear message to 'perfidious Albion' and its elites: you will not succeed.”

What’s so striking about this is the language. It is a direct echo of the November 2017 speech that Theresa May made at the Lord Mayor’s banquet in which she called out Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and its weaponisation of the information space:

“We know what you are doing and you will not succeed.”

It’s an incident - and how it fits into a wider pattern of call and response - that we discuss in episode 6 of Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring, the investigative podcast I’ve done with fellow journalist, Peter Jukes, super-producer Ruth Abrahams and Sergei Cristo, a dogged Russian-born British citizen who’s been trying for a decade to reveal the Kremlin’s attempts to subvert British insitutions.

It’s been pretty uncanny timing to have been writing and recording the final episodes of the podcast as the entire Russia-US relationship has shifted on its axis. And after we recorded the final episode, we had one last thing to do: call the alleged Russian spy who kicked the entire story off.

It’s another Sergei: Sergei Nalobin, the former first political secretary at the Russian Embassy in London.

We’d been sitting on two telephone numbers for him that had been published on a Ukrainian NGO website. There was obviously no way that the telephone number would still be functioning, it had presumably been exposed in a hack or leak of data from inside Russia, but we’d been making allegations about Nalobin throughout the series and it’s journalistic protocol to put those to the person in question and give them a right of reply.

So we tried the numbers. Peter rang from his phone and, as we expected, neither worked. But then I had the idea of putting them into WhatsApp and seeing if any details came up. A woman’s photo appeared and without thinking I called the number. This is what happened next:

Those “fucks” are real. I really never expected the number to be working. And the shock when the woman passes the phone to the man is very real. “Is it Sergei?” I ask. “Слушаю vас,” he answers. “I’m listening to you.” You can hear the freeze in my voice as my ask my question and then Nalobin’s reply, “I cannot help you.”

Not in this clip is my mini freakout that followed immediately afterwards, though we’ve put in in the episode. Calling an alleged Russian spy on WhatsApp on my own phone felt both dumb and instructive. Dumb because, well…the risk calculus on all things Russia has changed. Although by far the burden of that risk falls on Sergei, as the former Russian national (he’s now a British citizen).

The episode also includes an interview with Rainer Saks, the former head of Estonian intelligence. In 2022, we learned that Nalobin had taken up a posting there and was again expelled after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Saks describes Nalobin as an exceptionally talented operative with “aggressive tradecraft”.

And that there was no doubt, he said, that I had been the target by Kremlin information operations. He described the “scientific” approach that they use to target journalists and especially female journalists who they psychologically profile and then attack.

If a target is really valuable, they put a huge team to work with this profile. If you have to protect yourself personally as well, if you don't have a team behind who helps you, at least a huge team, you are wasting your time just for this personal protection. You have much less time to deal with your job. It was doing before, and this is, unfortunately, it's quite a classical case you have experienced, I would say.

Estonia is a frontline state and hearing this from someone who deeply understands the the Kremlin’s information operations was weirdly emotional.

Tony Blair’s former spin doctor, Alastair Campbell, and now one of Britain’s most influential political pundits tweeted this a couple of weeks ago encapsulating where mainstream opinion has been on the issue for the last eight years. This is not to throw shade on Alastair who has been very supportive of my journalism. But I was moved to respond to his tweet because the idea of a “conspiracy” was what so much abuse directed at this story (and to anyone who’s reported on it) focussed on.

And, if Rainer Saks is right, was itself amplifed by the Kremlin. (I’m happy to report that Alastair took it in good spirit and discussed it on an episode of the Rest is Politics.)

But the Nalobin incident was also instructive because in the making of the podcast, we leaned into the John le Carré spy genre to try and bring this story to a mainstream audience. We wanted to make it sound like drama and to a large part we succeeded, through Ruth’s skilful production and sound design. But calling Nalobin and having him answer, a real person, not a dramatis personnae, felt like we’d somehow broken the fourth wall.

And in any case, it isn’t a spy drama, it’s actually horror. We’re numb to it and Trump and Musk are trying to make us number to it. Worse, to make us bored of the ongoing murder and slaughter of civilians and believe that Ukraine’s defeat is a certainty. The chill I felt on the phone to Nalobin is the chill of reality.

The whole series is out now if you’re a box set binger and if you want to hear more, sign up to the Citizens newsletter as we’ll be advertising events around the series and issues it’s brought up. Also, Sergei has a crowdfunder if you’re able to bung in a few quid as he’s paid quite a high price for his whistleblowing activities.

The episode also includes a conversation between, Sergei, me and Luke Harding, the Guardian journalist who broke the initial story with him and who is relentlessly cheerful by nature. And this was his reflection with Sergei that I thought I’d extract and end on here.

I think deep down, we both care about democracy, we both recognize that it's under threat and that this decade quite similar to the 1930s I don't know if you agree, Sergei, but we could debate whether it's 37, 38, 39 but it feels to me that it's really difficult times, and that in these difficult times, people of good faith and good cheer and good spirit should support each other, and I think that's what we do.

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How to deal with the completely nonsensical yet increasing paranoia that people can spy on your phone because you sent them a message on whatsapp

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Can a spy app be installed remotely?

The rise of the internet has surely made the world a smaller and better place. The advancement of technology to such an extent that you just have to make a few clicks to get anything was unimaginable a decade back. A huge spike in the number of internet users has been seen in just the past few years. If you look around, you can find everyone with their smartphones in their hands, engaged in some sort of content. Apart from the ability to stay connected with people, it has enabled us to run a whole business just through a smartphone. 

However, like any good thing in life, this also came at a cost of being exposed to various online risks. Fortunately, these risks are totally avoidable with the use of a mobile spy app like Chyldmonitor. The app lets you monitor the online activities of your family and friends to keep them safe over the web. Not everyone out there can be educated about the risks involved and how not to fall for it. The whole process of creating awareness around the hazards of the internet is neither realistic nor doable. Therefore, using an spy app for android is the best solution one can opt for.

Making yourself aware of the risks and how to deal with them, can really help your loved ones to browse safely. However, the biggest question that people get when it comes to spy apps is whether they can be remotely installed or not.

The answer is no. But the good news is that you need access to their phone for about 5 - 7 minutes only for the whole process to complete. This should be very doable for anyone who wants to spy on someone for their sake. You can ask to use the targeted phone for a while, and before they know it, you’ll be able to set up the whole thing.

Beneficial Features Provided by the Chyldmonitor App

The app is offering more than 60+ features to their users all over the world. With this app in your toolbag, you get to fully monitor the target phone. Not a single aspect which could prove to be harmful for your family is spared by the app. The app comes packed with features like call recordings, location tracking, access to chats, ambience sound recording, etc. 

The app also has a hidden call recorder feature available to record every call taking place on the targeted phone. With its unique feature of remaining hidden from the app drawer, there’s no way anyone can know if they’re being spied on. 

Apart from this, one also gets the option to track location of the intended device. Majority of the scams these days are taking place over the most used communication platforms. This is where WhatsApp Spy feature can help you to maintain the security of your loved ones. Frem the recordings of the calls made over WhatsApp, to the media shared, everything can be accessed from the web portal once you login to your account.

Install a Spy App in Your Phone This Easily

Many people think that installing a spyware application on the intended device must be a complicated process. The word ‘rooting’ or ‘jailbreaking’ comes to their mind when they think about it. However, with Chyldmonitor application, you are not required to root your device to get advanced permissions. The app is fully functional on any android device. 

Once you have managed to get a hold of the targeted device, the installation process will only take you about 7 minutes at most. If you face any trouble while installing the app, their customer service is available 24x7.

You can be guided through the installation process over the call or the agent might take remote access to your device, to perform the installation on your behalf. It has gotten way easier than ever to spy on your family and friends to keep them protected over the internet. However, no ethical boundaries should be crossed in the process. The consent is the crucial thing to make sure that your relationship doesn’t get affected with the intended person on whom you want to spy on.

The arrival of spy apps have revolutionized the way in which we deal with the online threats. Monitoring the online activities of your loved ones is the only reasonable way today to ensure their safety online.

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This day in history

I'm at DEFCON! TODAY (Aug 9), I'm emceeing the EFF POKER TOURNAMENT (noon at the Horseshoe Poker Room), and appearing on the BRICKED AND ABANDONED panel (5PM, LVCC - L1 - HW1–11–01). TOMORROW (Aug 10), I'm giving a keynote called "DISENSHITTIFY OR DIE! How hackers can seize the means of computation and build a new, good internet that is hardened against our asshole bosses' insatiable horniness for enshittification" (noon, LVCC - L1 - HW1–11–01).

#5yrsago Bernie Sanders killed it on Joe Rogan https://jacobin.com/2019/08/bernie-sanders-joe-rogan-experience-podcast/

#5yrsago Whatsapp, Slack, Skype and apps based on popular Electron framework vulnerable to backdoor attacks https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/skype-slack-other-electron-based-apps-can-be-easily-backdoored/

#5yrsago Billionaire who gave Jeffrey Epstein power of attorney in order to manage his finances says Epstein stole “vast sums of money” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/business/wexner-epstein.html

#5yrsago Baking bread from dormant, 4,500-year-old yeast extracted from Egyptian bread-making ceramics https://twitter.com/SeamusBlackley/status/1158264819503419392

#5yrsago Monsanto ran a psy-ops war-room to discredit journalists and spy on Neil Young https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/aug/07/monsanto-fusion-center-journalists-roundup-neil-young

#5yrsago Wisconsin commissioned an independent report on how to fix the Foxconn deal. Result: it can’t be done. https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/6/20747166/wisconsin-foxconn-deal-state-report-lcd-factory-innovation-centers

#5yrsago As New York State’s shareholder suit against Big Oil for climate denial proceeds, Exxonmobil caught intimidating witnesses https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09082019/exxon-climate-fraud-investigation-witness-pressure-investors-new-york-attorney-general/

#5yrsago After student arrested for carrying laser-pointers, Hong Kong protesters stage “stargazing” laser-protest https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-49280030

#5yrsago Warshipping: attack a target network by shipping a cellular-enabled wifi cracker to a company’s mail-room https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/06/warshipping-hackers-ship-exploits-mail-room/

#5yrsago Billions on the line as Facebook loses appeal over violating Illinois facial recognition law https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/8/20792326/facebook-facial-recognition-appeals-decision-damages-payment-court

#1yrago Private equity plunderers want to buy Simon & Schuster https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/08/vampire-capitalism/#kkr

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It’s 2020 and as the technology has modified itself there are many spy applications that can help people in monitoring WhatsApp easily. A few years back we don’t have such perks but today we have a huge collection of these spy apps that work for WhatsApp. If you are looking for some of the most effective ways through which you can spy on WhatsApp then this is the right place for you. In this article, we are going to recommend some of the best options to look forward to so just read this information till the end and pick your chosen spy app. Below are the 5 effective spy apps that can be used to hack WhatsApp in 2020 Spyic The top one on our list is Spyic. This cell phone monitoring tool is the best option we all can rely on in case our main priority is to keep an eye on WhatsApp. You can use this app for any kind of spying activity. If you visit the official site you would be able to learn how to spy on Whatsapp within a couple of minutes.           Using this application to spy on the target device’s WhatsApp is quite simple as the instructions are really simple to follow and understand. Anyone can get them and apply them in order to gain access to the spied WhatsApp. This perk of ease of usage makes this app one of many favorites. It’s user-friendly nature lets you use this app for both android and iOS as it works for both operating systems perfectly fine. For iOS, it is easier than Android as here you don’t need to install anything on the target device and only iCloud account details of the phone are necessary. For Android just install the application on the spied phone and you will see after the process of installation ends the app has started working in the background. Spyic is really small in size, doesn’t drain the battery of the target phone, neither does it take much space. The sign of the app will be removed from the screen so there is no possibility of you being caught for spying in any way. The application operates in stealth-mode so there is no chance of you being caught because of spying as everything is 100% safe for the user. Apart from spying on WhatsApp, this application helps you in keeping track of text messages, current location, browser history, check call timings, social media messages, contact numbers, names, allow you to see images, videos, check Skype, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, and many other social media sites. Most of the other spy applications demand you to jailbreak and root the phone first to use the app, but with Spyic it is not compulsory. Jailbreaking and rooting require the user to have so much patience, energy, and technical knowledge as they take time. Spyic doesn’t require any of this as it is really simple to use. Within a couple of minutes, users would be able to find out about the spied phone and all the details easily. There is no need to follow any complex commands to make the most out of this spy app. By using its keylogger you can keep track of every single detail of the spied device easily. It doesn’t matter how minor the detail is, Spyic will keep a record of everything and let you know about it whenever you want to. You can even see the passwords and deleted media files as well.               By working in stealth-mode Spyic makes your spying experience completely safe for the user. Everything gets safe with this amazing app because it makes sure your privacy remains intact. Spying With the Help of Spyic Step 1: As the first step just go to the Spyic official website and create an account. This step is necessary to begin if you need to spy on WhatsApp chat. Step 2: Now you will see the Spyic setup wizard, so just go for the instructions. Here you will be asked some questions depending on the spied device and the operating system.                         Step 3: Add all the details of the iCloud account of the target device.               Step 4: When the iCloud account has been confirmed you can log on to your Control Panel from where you can configure the target device remotely and sync all data.

Step 5: Finally you can go to your Dashboard on the Control Panel and move on to the ‘WhatsApp’ section. You are allowed to see WhatsApp chats including sent and received ones. Apart from that, you can see multimedia files that have been shared through the app also. Spyier This is another wonderful WhatsApp spy app that has amazing features and the pricing plans are really appealing. If you are tight at budget then there is no other deal better than Spyier. This application works for both android and iOS.         The ease of usage is the best thing about this app. Within a couple of minutes, users would be able to draw the information of the target phone. Just go for the official site and get to know about it in detail. Minspy Another WhatsApp spy app in the list of 5 effective apps is Minspy. It has really good features that you will not find anywhere else. This is really easy to use for everyone as there is no need to equip yourself with technical knowledge.             Minspy has multiple subscription plans to offer so by visiting the site you can check out all the plans and try out the one that comes up to the level of your spying needs. Spyine This is the second last application that has a user-friendly in-built system that lets the user use this app for any kind of browser. It allows you to monitor WhatsApp and other social media accounts easily. Spyine is really easy to use and anyone can follow the commands and set it up.         This application allows you to keep track of everything you need to know about the target device. You can even see deleted media files and get to know about other details within a few minutes and all of that makes it way too easy to use. Neatspy This is the last WhatsApp spy application that can work perfectly fine with all kinds of operating systems. You can use it with any browser as the in-built system is dynamic and doesn’t require you to have a particular kind to use it.         Tough Neatspy is a new application still it has all the advanced features for you to offer. It works in stealth mode and that’s why it is safe to use for any kind of spying task including monitoring WhatsApp. Conclusion All the above-listed spy apps for WhatsApp offer you many perks and allow you to gain complete access to the spied device. These apps are really good at performance and work perfectly fine. You don’t have to spend a huge amount on making any of them work. Try any of the above apps and let us know about your spying experience with these incredible apps. We can assure you that you will not find anything better than the ones we have enlisted here.

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How to Track Cell Phone Location Free with Google Maps in 2025 (Easy Guide)

How to Track Cell Phone Location Free with Google Maps in 2025 (Easy Guide)

So here's the deal. I used to be that parent who texted non-stop. "Where are you?" "Are you safe?" "Call me!"

Then I discovered Google Maps can track phones. For free. Game changer.

My daughter went to her first concert last month. I was freaking out. But I could see her location the whole time. Such relief.

Why I Love Google Maps for Tracking My Family

Look, I'm not tech-savvy. At all. But this is so easy.

My son plays travel soccer. Different fields every week. I used to get lost trying to find him.

Not anymore.

Now I just open Google Maps. See that little dot? That's him. Simple as that.

What's So Good About It?

Let me tell you why this rocks:

Costs nothing (zero, zilch, nada)

Shows location right now (not 10 minutes ago)

Doesn't kill phone battery

Works on any phone

Takes 5 minutes to set up

Everyone already has Google Maps anyway. No new apps to download.

How to Set This Up (Super Easy Steps)

Ready? Let's do this. I'll show you exactly what I did.

Step 1: Open Google Maps

Grab the phone you want to track. Open Google Maps. Make sure someone's logged into Google.

Don't have a Google account? Takes 2 minutes to make one.

Step 2: Tap Your Picture

See that little profile pic? Top right corner. Tap it.

Step 3: Find "Location Sharing"

Scroll down the menu. You'll see "Location sharing." That's the one.

Step 4: Share Your Location

Hit "Share location." Now pick how long:

For kids: Choose "Until you turn this off"

Quick trips: Use the timer (1 hour, whatever)

Step 5: Pick Who Sees It

This part's important. Two choices:

Send a link (anyone can see)

Pick Google contacts (way safer)

I always pick option 2.

Step 6: They Accept

The other person gets a notification. They click accept. Done. You're connected.

Times This Feature Saved Me

True stories from my life:

Lost at the Mall: My wife's phone died at Christmas shopping. Still could see her location. Found her by the food court. Crisis averted.

New Driver Nerves: My son just got his license. I'm a nervous wreck. But I can see he made it to school. No more panic attacks.

Beach Trip Chaos: Two cars. One destination. No more "are you guys ahead of us?" texts. We see each other on the map.

"But Isn't This Creepy?"

I hear you. Really.

Here's the thing. My family knows I can see their location. We talked about it. Everyone agreed.

They can turn it off whenever. No questions asked.

It's about trust and safety. Not spying.

Mistakes I Made (So You Don't Have To)

Learn from my mess-ups:

Mistake #1: Battery Saver Mode

Location sharing stopped working. Why? Battery saver was on. Turns off GPS to save power.

Keep it off.

Mistake #2: Old App Version

Update your apps, people. Old versions are buggy. Trust me.

Mistake #3: No Internet

No data? No location updates. Found this out when my kid went camping. Whoops.

Cool Tricks I've Learned

Been using this for a year now. Here's what I know:

Family Groups Rock: Set up a Google family group. Makes everything easier.

Label Your Places: Mark "Home" and "Work" on the map. Get alerts like "Sarah left school."

Check Where You've Been: Google saves your location history. Great for "where did I park?"

Other Free Options?

Yeah, there's more apps out there:

Find My (iPhone people love this)

WhatsApp (good for quick sharing)

Facebook (has it too)

But Google Maps wins. Works on all phones. Easy to use.

When Things Go Wrong

Sometimes it glitches. Here's the fix:

Location stuck?

Check your internet

Turn location services off and on

Close and reopen the app

Can't see someone?

Maybe they turned it off

Did they accept your invite?

Update your apps

Battery dying fast?

Use battery saving mode (for location, not the whole phone)

Close other apps

Don't Be THAT Person

Important: Don't go crazy with this.

I check my kids' location once or twice. Not every 5 minutes. That's weird.

Our family rules:

No interrogating about every stop

Respect when someone turns it off

Safety first, not stalking

Why This Gives Me Peace

Real talk? The relief is huge.

My daughter's car broke down last month. Dark road. She was scared.

But I could see exactly where she was. Got there fast.

Without this? She'd be trying to explain where she was. While crying. In the dark.

Getting Your Family to Actually Use It

The hard part? Getting everyone on board.

Teens: "It's not that I don't trust you. I just worry. Plus, you can see where I am too."

Spouse: "Remember when we lost each other at that festival? This fixes that."

Parents: "Mom, this helps me worry less about you."

When I Use Location Sharing Most

My favorite times to use it:

Airport runs (no more circling)

Hiking trips (safety first)

Meeting friends ("5 minutes away" means 5 minutes)

Emergencies (help finds you faster)

Stay Safe Out There

Quick safety tips:

Only share with people you trust. Duh.

Check who you're sharing with. Clean up that list.

Use timers for strangers. Like that Facebook marketplace guy.

Turn it off when you need privacy. Your choice.

Making It a Habit

Getting everyone to use it? Takes time.

I started first. Shared my location before asking anyone else.

Made it routine. "Share your location" became like "take your keys."

Never used it against them. Saw my kid at Taco Bell instead of studying? Kept my mouth shut.

The Tech Part (Don't Worry, It's Easy)

GPS finds your location. WiFi helps. Cell towers too.

Indoors? Less accurate. See that blue circle? Bigger circle means it's guessing more.

Updates happen automatically. Every few minutes. Or when you move.

That's all you need to know.

When People Say It's Weird

Some folks think this is too much. I get it.

My response? "It's not tracking. It's connecting."

Google already knows where we are. Might as well use it for good.

And remember - it's voluntary. No forcing anyone.

Our Family Location Rules

Took us a while to figure these out:

Ask before sharing someone's spot with others

No location screenshots

Tell us before turning it off

Use it nicely (not for controlling)

Still text when you arrive (tech fails sometimes)

When Location Sharing Fails

Let's be real. It's not perfect.

Sometimes the location's wrong. Or slow. Or the app crashes.

Don't depend on it 100%. It's just a tool.

Still tell your kids to text you. This is just backup.

Cool Stuff Coming Soon

Google keeps adding features:

Indoor tracking. Find people inside malls.

Speed warnings. Know if your teen's speeding.

Auto check-ins. "Tom arrived at work safely."

Can't wait.

Bottom Line

Location sharing changed my life. Seriously.

No more worried texts. No more "where are you?" calls. Just open the app. See the dot. Breathe.

And it's free. Already on your phone.

Try it. Start small. Maybe just one family trip. See how it goes.

I bet you'll love it.

Last Thought

We use technology for everything. Banking. Shopping. Dating.

Why not family safety?

This takes something stressful and makes it simple. One tap. Question answered.

My grandparents managed without cell phones. Good for them. But why make life harder?

So open Google Maps. Set up sharing. Give it a week.

Trust me. You'll wonder how you lived without it.

And that peace of mind? You can't put a price on that.

So what do you think? Ready to try Google Maps location sharing? Or maybe you already use it? I'd love to hear your stories. Because we're all just parents trying to keep our families safe, right?

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Complete Peace of Mind with a WhatsApp Monitoring App

Stay informed and secure with a powerful WhatsApp monitoring app. Learn how WhatsApp spy apps help parents, employers, and individuals monitor WhatsApp chats and protect digital communication effectively.

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