This report explores one theory of civil liability that has yet to be tested in spyware cases: strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities. With that framing, this report explores one theory of liability that has yet to be tested in spyware cases: strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities. Within tort, there is an option that has yet to be tested in spyware cases: strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities (sometimes referred to as ultrahazardous activities). REUTERS/Zoubeir SouissiSpyware versus typical abnormally dangerous activitiesSophia highlights that blasting with explosives, often described as the classic abnormally dangerous activity, has parallels to spyware use. Civil liability offers many avenues and strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities is only one possibility.