Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Smartphone wiretapping and hacking crimes continue to increase. You have to be careful with this practice because hackers steal important data from cellphones.
Smartphones that are tapped usually have special signs. You can find these oddities on cellphones such as cellphone batteries that run out faster even though it’s normal use.
Here are the signs of a tapped cellphone as reported by Techlicious.
1. Battery Problem
Even though the battery life of a cellphone definitely decreases over time, smartphones that have been infiltrated by battery life-destroying software have significantly decreased. This is because malware – or a spy app – might use your phone’s resources to scan devices and send information back to criminal servers.
2. Sluggish Smartphone Performance
Do you feel like your phone freezes frequently or certain apps crash? This is likely due to malware overloading the phone’s resources or clashing with other apps.
You may also encounter apps that keep running despite trying to close them, or that the phone itself crashes or restarts repeatedly.
3. High Data Usage
Another sign of a compromised cell phone is a very high data bill at the end of the month, which can come from malware or spy apps running in the background, sending information back to its servers.
4. There are strange outgoing calls or SMS
If you see a list of outgoing calls (outgoing calls) or SMS to unknown numbers, beware, this is probably the job of hackers. In this case, check your phone bill for any unfamiliar charges.
5. Weird Pop-up Ads
Although not all pop-up ads mean that your phone has been hacked, you should be careful if you find this on your phone. It could be that your smartphone is infiltrated by adware, a form of malware that harvests victims’ clicks and money.
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