TinyCheck is a unique, innovative tool designed to detect stalkerware on mobile devices. Today, Kaspersky unveiled a new hub dedicated to TinyCheck, highlighting its latest developments and changes to how it can be used. The website will also help further consolidate the community of stakeholders engaged in the development of the tool and the fight against stalkerware and spyware.
TinyCheck was developed as a free, open-source tool, meaning anyone can download it and contribute to improving the software. TinyCheck is not installed onto a smart phone, but uses a separate external device instead: a Raspberry Pi microcomputer. TinyCheck aims to facilitate the detection of stalkerware on a victim’s device in a simple, quick, and non-invasive way. It can run on any OS without alerting the perpetrator. TinyCheck is safe to use, doesn’t read the contents of a person’s communications (SMS, emails, etc.), but only interacts with the online servers/IPs the smartphone communicates with. In other words, TinyCheck will not know who a person is speaking with, or what they are discussing. The network capture of an analyzed device is not shared anywhere: neither Kaspersky nor any other party will receive this data. All the analysis is done locally.
The TinyCheck hub goes live today.
