You can now track your friends and family everywhere through numerous location tracking apps. Social Media Expert Kris Ruby, CEO of Ruby Media Group, discusses some of the top spying apps in the market today on FOX Business The Willis Report.
Benefits
- Retrieve stolen phone
- Track your kids safety
- Supervise employees phone usage if using a company owned phone
- Connect with friends in real time based on their location at any given time
Are private apps watching you? It’s the latest trend among family members using smartphones to spy on their loved ones. But can you do it legally?
Potential Issues
- Ethical/ legal questions on whether the phone owner knows these apps are running.
- Can lead to numerous marital issues (tracking apps make it much easier to pinpoint cheating and location)
How much spying is too much? Do people really understand the full implications of these apps before installing them? Many people download these apps and hand over complete control to a third party without fully understanding the implications of it.
Who is educating the public on what it really means to have these apps installed?
While many of these apps have an innocent purpose, they are playing a larger role in divorce cases. This begs the question, is it really legal to spy on a loved one? We want to hear your thoughts- would you spy on a loved one with a hidden app?
KRIS RUBY is the CEO of Ruby Media Group, an award-winning public relations and media relations agency in Westchester County, New York. Kris Ruby has more than 15 years of experience in the Media industry. She is a sought-after media relations strategist, content creator and public relations consultant. Kris Ruby is also a national television commentator and political pundit and she has appeared on national TV programs over 200 times covering big tech bias, politics and social media. She is a trusted media source and frequent on-air commentator on social media, tech trends and crisis communications and frequently speaks on FOX News and other TV networks. She has been featured as a published author in OBSERVER, ADWEEK, and countless other industry publications. Her research on brand activism and cancel culture is widely distributed and referenced. She graduated from Boston University’s College of Communication with a major in public relations and is a founding member of The Young Entrepreneurs Council. She is also the host of The Kris Ruby Podcast Show, a show focusing on the politics of big tech and the social media industry. Kris is focused on PR for SEO and leveraging content marketing strategies to help clients get the most out of their media coverage.