Zuckerman was the CEO of Support King, LLC, which did business as SpyFone.com, a company that sold "stalkerware" apps allowing a purchaser to covertly monitor another person's mobile device, including photos, text messages, web browsing history, and location, without the device owner's knowledge. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleged that the apps required users to disable security protections on the monitored device, and that a 2018 data breach exposed data belonging to thousands of victims and customers.
In August 2021, the FTC filed a complaint against Support King and Zuckerman, and in December 2021 finalized a consent order permanently banning both from the surveillance business, requiring deletion of the secretly collected data, and requiring Zuckerman to implement an information security program with biennial third-party assessments and ongoing compliance reporting.
In July 2025, Zuckerman petitioned the FTC to vacate or modify that order. On December 8, 2025, the Commission voted 2-0 to deny the petition after receiving 27 public comments, including opposition from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the National Network to End Domestic Violence's Safety Net Project, and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). The FTC's order cited alleged continued failures by Zuckerman's businesses to protect sensitive personal information collected in 2023, and found that Zuckerman "failed to show changed conditions of fact or law sufficient to justify reopening and setting aside the Consent Order."
Zuckerman "failed to show changed conditions of fact or law sufficient to justify reopening and setting aside the Consent Order."
-- Federal Trade Commission, December 8, 2025
