How do i check if my phone camera is hacked

 

Check this, to see if you are being tracked through your phone camera

 Privacy is always something that everybody deserves to have. Nowadays, phones are bringing the world into digital since through the camera in part, it helps to keep beautiful memories that you may want to remember later in time. The problem is, despite this good function of the phone camera, it is a double weapon, it can easily set you up without you even realizing that you are being traced.

 Ever wondered how detectives tend to trace the suspects without them realizing, your phone is one of the ways and always comes first in the list of steps to follow in tracking the suspects. You might be wondering how this is possible, now, know this, there are some applications that get installed into your phone without you realizing it and these apps does function in the background and they sometimes use you camera maybe to take photo without you realizing it.

 Today, we decided to discuss this topic as a team because we realized that the world is nowadays full of hackers who want to steal your privacy without you noticing. These apps also get installed inside your phone whenever you decide to install unauthorized or duplicate apps of social apps like duplicate Whatsapp version or instagram version.

 It is advisable to always avoid downloading these duplicate versions of apps even though they come with desired features but you should train yourself to try and distant yourself from installing them, you are simply putting your privacy to risk when you do this without even realizing.

 Nonetheless, here are 5 ways to know if your camera has been hacked and therefore, you are required to do something about it before you are finally caught up with. You are missing out if you have not yet followed us, feel free to follow us and stay alert for more great ideas coming up on a daily basis. Also share and like, then comment what you think about it;

1.    Strange text or messages

  Have you ever received some kind of texts that you find it hard to understand because you don’t know if it is you it was meant for or not? This should be a point to start you off and make you worried because it is a sign that somebody somewhere is trying to be a big brother to you. He or she might have an interest in your life and what you do on a daily basis. Whenever you realize this, be warned and also be careful on your ways, they are tracking you.

2.    Unfamiliar pictures or videos

 This is also another way to let you be alert on things you do, you should be worried from it. People are always excited to look at their gallery when they feel bored of the day. Things change by day and for sure, there is a time when things might be well while other times everything seems to be irritating, it is life. Take this as the first priority, always check your gallery on a regular basis and whenever you see any kind of weird or strange photos, be warned, somebody might be using your camera without your permission.

3.    Unusual power draining

 This is always a complain, people complain as to the battery being weak or so, but it is never normal sometimes when you realize that the battery is still OK and is functioning as it was set to be by the manufacturers . Somebody somewhere is trying to play cheeky with your camera and that may be the reason for the unusual power drain, as in before you realize it, it is already below 15% And it is a call for you to do something and avoid giving them a chance to do their thing.

4.    Flash goes off

 Another way to realize that someone is after you is when the flashlight goes off. It is this way, sometimes you might notice that the flashlight turns on as if you are taking a video record or so while in real sense, you are not in that mood at all. It is a hacker trying to do his or her thing. Stay alert.

5.    Extreme data usage

 These apps that we said earlier in this article, they function by taking your photo and sending them via the internet and this requires data to be turned on so as to be as planned by the hackers. Because of this, your data gets used up more than you expect it to. So be careful with this, and be flexible to note this down, whenever you realize this up, it is a sign that tells you that your attention is needed somewhere. Work on it

N/B: everybody can be tempted to trace you with a reason, maybe a boyfriend or a girlfriend who wants to know what you are doing at what time. Be careful when you grant permissions to the app, it is the path through which the hackers prompt you into giving them access to your camera through app permissions. Like, what does the game apps need camera access for? Be warned

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