cyberstalker
Online obsessive tracker
A cyberstalker is someone who harasses, monitors, or threatens another person using digital technology—tracking their online activity, sending repeated unwanted messages, or gathering personal information to intimidate.
The behavior mirrors physical stalking but operates through email, social media, and other electronic channels: Her cyberstalker created fake accounts to keep contacting her after she blocked him.
Court-enforced avoidance mandate
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
report · law enforcement · cybercrime · block · privacy · court order · documentation · cease and desist
Deliberate online antagonist
- bullyHabitual intimidator
- tormentorOne who causes anguish
- persecutorOne who harasses relentlessly
- aggressorOne who initiates conflict
antagonist · heckler · pest · nuisance · hounder · badgerer · taunter · provoker
Monitoring location over time
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- doxingPublishing someone's private information
- catfishingDeceiving via false identity
- impersonationPretending to be another
fake profiles · screenshot · spamming · hacking · phishing · spoofing · sockpuppet · burner account
Hidden surveillance program
- keyloggerSoftware recording typed input
- snoopingSecretly investigating others
- eavesdroppingSecretly listening to others
- watchingActively looking at something
wiretap · bugging · profiling · screen capture · browsing history · webcam · microphone access
Emotional response to threat
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
terror · unease · apprehension · distress · vulnerability · insecurity · hypervigilance · PTSD
Persistent mental attachment
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- fanaticismObsessive, unreasoning dedication
persistence · unwanted attention · intrusion · overstepping · boundaryless · possessiveness · jealousy · delusion
restraining order
Court-enforced avoidance mandate
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
evidence · report · law enforcement · cybercrime · block · privacy · court order · documentation · cease and desist · conviction
troll
Deliberate online antagonist
- bullyHabitual intimidator
- tormentorOne who causes anguish
- persecutorOne who harasses relentlessly
aggressor · antagonist · heckler · pest · nuisance · hounder · badgerer · taunter · provoker · annoyer
tracking
Monitoring location over time
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- doxingPublishing someone's private information
- catfishingDeceiving via false identity
impersonation · fake profiles · screenshot · spamming · hacking · phishing · spoofing · sockpuppet · burner account · geolocation
spyware
Hidden surveillance program
- keyloggerSoftware recording typed input
- snoopingSecretly investigating others
- eavesdroppingSecretly listening to others
watching · wiretap · bugging · profiling · screen capture · browsing history · webcam · microphone access
fear
Emotional response to threat
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
dread · terror · unease · apprehension · distress · vulnerability · insecurity · hypervigilance · PTSD · isolation
fixation
Persistent mental attachment
- infatuationShort-lived intense attraction
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
fanaticism · persistence · unwanted attention · intrusion · overstepping · boundaryless · possessiveness · jealousy · delusion · erotomania
- online personastroll, bot, influencer, lurker, spammer
- Hackershacker, black hat, cracker, script kiddie, hacktivist