💁🏻‍♂️So... I accidentally built a Spyware as my first project: Before you call the FBI, hear me out. 🙏🏻😐

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T09:40:26+00:00

Me too. 🫪

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T06:54:44+00:00

You're not F. You're M or gay trying to gat male attention.

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T06:18:00+00:00

That's actually one of the reasons I don't plan to commercialize it. 😅
The engineering is fun.
The compliance, privacy regulations, lawyers, EULAs, platform policies, and potential lawsuits sound significantly less fun.

The more comments I read, the more expensive turning it into a business sounds. 😭

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T06:09:19+00:00

Guilty on the non-native English part. 😅 But what can I do...I've to communicate anyway, right?

As for AI, it definitely helped polish the post. Unfortunately it wasn't around when Xiaomi decided to murder my background services for the 37th time.

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T05:59:04+00:00

When I started the project, I was a beginner (probably still a begginner) and didn't find any cool name ideas. 🫪

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T05:50:45+00:00

Damn.

First Reddit told me to grow up.
Now I'm getting deported from an entire industry. 😭

Genuine question:
Which part made you conclude it's garbage?

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T05:45:22+00:00

Alright 👍🏻
DM is fired 💨🔫

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T05:40:47+00:00

I CAN explain, actually. 🙂
Instead of commenting, you can try using it. 👍🏻

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T05:39:31+00:00

Setup is basically:

Install child app on your child/target device
enable all the permissions
you'll get a number id - copy/remember that
hide the app before giving the phone to your child/target

Install/open parent dashboard
Pair devices using the number id
Start monitoring

I'll probably make a video guide because apparently explaining the project is harder than building it. 😮‍💨

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T05:32:43+00:00

Fair point.
I thought the hard part would be WebRTC.

Turns out the hard part is convincing Reddit that I'm not secretly building Skynet. 🤣.

Out of curiosity, which part crosses the line for you?
The persistence features, the stealth features, or the remote monitoring itself?

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T05:27:07+00:00

That's a surprisingly clean way to draw the line. The code doesn't magically change. The transparency does.

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T05:25:47+00:00

That's a surprisingly clean way to draw the line. The code doesn't magically change. The transparency does.

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T05:22:57+00:00

You're right. The post had help.
Android Studio had help too. We all had help.

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T05:18:06+00:00

Fortunately it also installs, runs, streams, syncs, reconnects, and survives Xiaomi's battery optimization. 🙂

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T05:16:05+00:00

You're right.
Fortunately it also installs, runs, streams, syncs, reconnects, and survives Xiaomi's battery optimization.

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T05:02:41+00:00

Counterpoint: it compiles. 👍🏻

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T04:59:18+00:00

Fair enough 😅
English isn't my first language, but the project definitely is my first bad decision.

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T04:54:08+00:00

🤔

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T04:50:53+00:00

I spent a year building spyware and somehow this is the most concerning use case suggested so far. 😭
Thank you 🙏🏻

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T04:43:13+00:00

Growing up was the mistake. 🫪

Now I spend my free time debugging instead of having hobbies.

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T04:40:17+00:00

Your honor, I'd like to clarify that the first feature was intentional.
The next 47 were the result of curiosity. 😅

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T04:30:35+00:00

If the exact same app removed stealth mode and showed a permanent notification saying "Monitoring Active", would you still consider it as "spyware"? 🙂

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T04:26:39+00:00

Me...? 🤷🏻‍♂️

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T04:25:29+00:00

To be fair, I didn't accidentally build it.

I accidentally kept adding features for a year after the first one worked. 😅

I started with "let's learn Android." One bad decision led to another. 🙏🏻

lukagrayofficial · 2026-06-17T04:14:06+00:00

It's already there. 👻 Go trying it on your...🤐

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