In today’s world of advanced malware and tracking software, you need to be vigilant. Here is how to Know If Someone Is Tracking Your Android Phone.
With all the password managers and wallets storing our important data it is essential that we keep a routine check on our phones. Because just a little bit of leaked information can be used to steal your privacy, credit card number, or even identity.
Here is how to Know If Someone Is Tracking Your Android Phone: Here is a list of Signs
But before you begin do keep in mind that this is just a guide to help self-diagnose your phone. If you think your phone is being tracked, then you must consult experts.
You should always start by reviewing the installed apps on your phone. Do you recognize them? If you find an app you don’t recognize on your phone, even a seemingly benign one, it might be spyware in disguise.
These malicious apps can easily steal your contacts, images, and saved passwords. One of the most common methods is by piggybacking onto other apps and installing themselves as an unintentional package deal.
Normally, you can avoid this by only installing programs verified by PlayStore. But that isn’t a foolproof solution. In fact, sometimes malware programs disguise themselves as legitimate apps and trick users into installing them.
In a recent Bleeping Computer report, this happened in July 2022 and compromised over 10 million phones.
Text and Whatsapp messages with Spam
It’s generally a wise practice to ignore and/or delete texts from numbers you don’t recognize. You might receive texts that consist of a random string of letters, numbers, and other symbols.
These could be another phishing attempt, or they could also be a sign that spyware is on your phone, and the seemingly random letters and numbers aren’t random but instructions for tracking programs.
If you receive these messages once, it’s probably nothing to worry about. But if you receive them more than once, you should bring your phone in for repair and/or virus removal, just to be safe.
Phone Getting Hot and Slow when performing tasks
This indicates that your phone’s processing memory is being used for some under-the-cover tasks by some unwanted app.
In order to effectively track your phone and its activity, spyware constantly runs in the background, which eats up resources usually reserved for other apps and services, thus slowing down your phone.
Because of the constant strain spyware puts on your phone’s CPU, these programs make your phone heat up as the processor struggles to keep everything running.
Since the energy for these spying activities has to come from somewhere, your battery suffers as a result. Not only do viruses steal your personal information, but they also steal your phone’s milliamps, too.
But before you get worried keep in mind that a slow, hot phone is not necessarily proof of spyware. Maybe your phone is old