🕵️ Inside TheTruthSpy, the stalkerware network spying on thousands

Plus: Tech's Biggest Companies Are Sending Worrying Signals About the Economy, Andreessen Horowitz Went All In on Crypto at the Worst Possible Time, and more…

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Inside TheTruthSpy, the stalkerware network spying on thousands. This time lapse shows six weeks of cumulative location data from devices compromised by a fleet of near-identical stalkerware apps, including TheTruthSpy, Copy9 and MxSpy. A massive cache of leaked data reveals the inner… (Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker

New: Earlier this year, TechCrunch obtained the core database of TheTruthSpy's stalkerware operation, so we built a lookup tool to let anyone check if their device was compromised. Now we've analyzed the rest of the database, and it's enormous. (1/8)

techcrunch.comInside TheTruthSpy, the stalkerware network spying on thousandsLeaked data obtained by TechCrunch reveals the notorious network of Android spyware apps tracked locations and recorded calls of Americans.

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Tech's Biggest Companies Are Sending Worrying Signals About the Economy. Google this week reported a steep decline in profits. Social media companies such as Meta said that advertising sales — the heart of its businesses — have rapidly cooled off. And Microsoft, perhaps the tech industry's most reliable… (Tripp Mickle / The New York Times)

James Fallows @JamesFallows

1/n Worth reading as example of headline skewing, separate from story. Step 1: Current NYT headline. Tl:DR tech problems prefigure larger econ problems. nytimes.com/2022/10/26/tec… BUT ...

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Andreessen Horowitz Went All In on Crypto at the Worst Possible Time. As cryptocurrency prices soared last year, no investor bet more on the sector than Andreessen Horowitz. The storied venture-capital firm had developed a reputation as Silicon Valley's greatest crypto bull, thanks largely to a 50-year-old partner… (Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal)

Berber Jin @berber_jin1

my profile on andreessen crypto, which became the firm's star investor last year but has been hit hard by the crypto sell-off, including: *~40% markdown on its 1st crypto fund *$2.9 billion loss of its remaining Coinbase stake *slowed investment pace

wsj.comAndreessen Horowitz Went All In on Crypto at the Worst Possible TimePartner Chris Dixon, who was one of the earliest evangelists for the blockchain technology powering cryptocurrencies, says he has “a very long-term horizon.”

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Ford, VW-backed Argo AI is shutting down. Argo AI, an autonomous vehicle startup that burst on the scene in 2017 stacked with a $1 billion investment, is shutting down — its parts being absorbed into its two main backers: Ford and VW, according to people familiar with the matter. (Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch)

jason@calacanis.com @Jason

Whoa... self-driving darling ARGO AI is now a zero Getting dotcom vibes with the Google/FB/MSFT earnings and all these startup shutdowns batten down the hatches

Techmeme @Techmeme

Sources: autonomous vehicle startup Argo AI, which raised billions in VC funding, is shutting down; top backers Ford and VW will absorb its parts and some staff (@kirstenkorosec / TechCrunch) https://t.co/QY0vNBGN7d https://t.co/0WemXMxxCb

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Apple confirms the iPhone is getting USB-C, but isn't happy about the reason why. Apple has given its most direct confirmation yet that a USB-C-equipped iPhone is coming now that the European Union is mandating that all phones sold in its member countries use the connector if they have… (Mitchell Clark / The Verge)

The Verge @verge

Apple confirms the iPhone is getting USB-C, but isn’t happy about the reason why theverge.com/2022/10/26/234…

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