cyber stalking
Online obsessive pursuit
Cyber stalking is the use of electronic communications—email, social media, texting—to repeatedly harass, threaten, or monitor someone.
It includes obsessive messaging, tracking someone's online activity, or using technology to intimidate.
The behavior mirrors traditional stalking but operates through digital channels: She documented the cyber stalking to build a case for a restraining order.
Also spelled as one word: cyberstalking.
- online harassmentHostile conduct via internet
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
- onlineNetwork-connected state
- threatIndication of potential harm
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
tracking · IP tracking · anonymous · fake profiles · burner accounts · messages · intimidation · social media · predator · victim · privacy · invasion · personal information · digital · digital footprint · fear · unwanted · monitoring
- cyber threatsmalware, phishing, hacking, virus, ransomware
- cybercrimeshacking, phishing, malware, ransomware, data breach
- cybercrimehacking, phishing, malware, ransomware, data breach
- technophobiatechnophobia, cyberphobia, AI fear, privacy concerns, Luddism
- domestic abusedomestic violence, battering, batterer, spousal abuse, wife beating