On January 6, 2026, Bryan Fleming, the founder of the pcTattletale plead guilty to charges around the sales of the software. pcTattletale was considered commercial off-the-shelf spyware and "stalkerware" that allowed users to covertly monitor and record the activities on target devices. This software was reportedly used by spouses to track their partner's activities. From the plea agreement:
Since at least 2017, and continuing through at least December 2022, in the Southern District of California and elsewhere, the defendant, BRYAN FLEMING, did intentionally manufacture, assemble, possess, or sell any electronic, mechanical, or other device, knowing or having reason to know that the design of such device renders it primarily useful for the purpose of the surreptitious interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications, and that such device or any component thereof has been or will be sent through the mail or transported in interstate or foreign commerce
