How to find out if your cellphone has been tapped by hackers
How to find out if your cellphone has been tapped by hackers, be careful if there are these signs on your cellphone
-- Current technological advances are often misused by irresponsible individuals. One of them is tapping or hacking someone else's cell phone.
Hackers can tap into other people's cellphones through foreign applications that are accidentally installed on the victim's cellphone. It is from the application alias apk that the hackers then hack the victim's cellphone by taking important data on the cellphone.
The following is how to find out whether our cellphone is being tapped or not. It is important to know this, so that we can be more alert and careful about dangerous things that threaten personal data.
How to find out if your cellphone has been tapped by hackers
HP heats up quickly
The first sign that could be a sign that your cellphone is being tapped is if the cellphone heats up quickly even though it is rarely used. It turns out that a hot phone is a sign of an apk from a hacker trying to send data as quickly as possible.
The approximately time it takes for hackers to retrieve our data via foreign applications on cellphones is 15 minutes.
Therefore, if your cellphone starts to heat up quickly, be aware that your cellphone may be in the process of being hacked.
Strange sounds appear when you make a phone call
The second characteristic is that strange sounds appear when we are on the phone with other people. If we are not on the WhatsApp application on a call, and a loud buzzing sound appears, it could be a sign that the data on your cellphone is being intercepted by hackers.
The next sign that your cell phone is being tapped remotely is when your cell phone battery runs out quickly.
If your phone is rarely used but the battery is dipping below 50 percent, then there is a 60 percent chance of being hijacked.
The most obvious sign that your cellphone has been hacked is that an SMS containing an OTP appears even though you are not installing any applications.
OTP SMS usually appears from the WhatsApp application.
Difficult to turn off the cellphone
The fifth characteristic is when you find it difficult to turn off your phone by yourself. When that happens, it means that the hacker has controlled your phone remotely, an estimated 70 percent of the time.
Different Views
The sixth sign that your phone has been hacked is when the display on the phone is different from usual. A cellphone that is hacked will usually display a strange appearance on the website page.
This happens because your phone has been tampered with by hackers.
Strange Screen
The next characteristic is when your cellphone suddenly appears a glitch or strange sparkling sign on the screen. This sign appears because hackers are trying to secretly change the appearance of your phone.
HP is slow or sluggish when operating
The eighth sign that your cellphone is being tapped is if your cellphone starts to slow down when operating it.
Strange Ads Appear
The ninth characteristic is when strange advertisements suddenly appear on your phone. Even though you are not running any application, strange advertisements appear on the screen. When that happens, the chance that your phone has been hacked is 90 percent.
There is a Green or Yellow LED next to the camera
The next most visible characteristic is that a green or yellow mark appears on your cellphone's screen. If your phone is tapped, there will be a green or yellow dot in the top right corner next to the battery logo. When that happens, it is possible that the camera or microphone is being accessed by someone else.
There is a Forwarding Message
The next sign that your cellphone is being tapped is that a notification appears that your cellphone is sending some data to a foreign number.
To find out, you can check the number *#21* or *#67# or *#62#
After calling the numbers above, the MMI code will appear.
This is the code that shows whether your cellphone is forwarding something to someone else or not.
If your cell phone is tapped, data will appear like an SMS has been sent to a foreign number.
Make sure it doesn't say 'not forwarded' as a sign that your cellphone isn't being tapped.
Source:
(Bangkapos.com/TribunnewsBogor.com)