spyware

malware that collects and transmits user information without their knowledge
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spyware

Summary

spyware is a software category[1]. spyware draws 344 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #29 of 263).[2]

Key Facts

  • spyware's image is recorded as Corte de EE.UU. rechaza apelación de NSO Group en litigio contra WhatsApp.jpg[3].
  • spyware's instance of is recorded as software category[4].
  • spyware's GND ID is recorded as 4730378-5[5].
  • spyware's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2005000096[6].
  • spyware's subclass of is recorded as malware[7].
  • spyware's subclass of is recorded as potentially unwanted program[8].
  • spyware's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01079941[9].
  • spyware's has use is recorded as surveillance[10].
  • spyware's has use is recorded as data exfiltration[11].
  • spyware's Commons category is recorded as Spyware[12].
  • spyware's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/075fh[13].
  • spyware's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Spyware[14].
  • spyware's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/spyware[15].
  • spyware's uses is recorded as surveillance[16].
  • spyware's NE.se ID is recorded as spionprogram[17].
  • spyware's Treccani ID is recorded as spyware[18].
  • spyware's Quora topic ID is recorded as Spyware[19].
  • spyware's CWE ID is recorded as 512[20].
  • spyware's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as spyware[21].
  • spyware's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i71077[22].
  • spyware's related image is recorded as SpywareWhiteKeyboard.jpg[23].
  • spyware's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/12834[24].
  • spyware's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007537404705171[25].
  • spyware's KBpedia ID is recorded as Spyware[26].
  • spyware's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 스파이웨어[27].

Why It Matters

spyware draws 344 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #29 of 263).[2] spyware has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] spyware is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . The Cyber Security Body of Knowledge. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . cwe.mitre.org. cwe.mitre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). spyware. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/spyware
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_spyware_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{spyware}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/spyware}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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