The network often has tips for allegedly finding listening - strange noises during a conversation, a quick battery discharge or even an unauthorized reboot of the gadget. But is it all - signs of tracking, and how to really understand that your phone is at risk?
Cyber Security expert Alexei Baranovsky answered this question in a comment to UNIAN.
According to Baranovsky, the likelihood that an ordinary person is specially listened to is extremely low. Specialized espionage software costs hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars . Such decisions are used only in cases of high -ranking persons: presidents, diplomats, criminal leaders , etc. The installation of such a software requires either the user's consent to install a particular application or to use very expensive vulnerabilities ( so -called Zero- Day). That is, just to " break" your phone for listening is unlikely.
Baranovsky denies widespread myths: noises, crackles, and communication failures - remained in the past, when there were analog lines. In the digital world, they do not indicate listening . Overheating and rapid discharge - it can be caused by ordinary recharge, active use , or even attempts to find a phone if it has been lost or stolen. * Combinations of numbers like # 21 # - they not show you " spyware ", but can help you find out whether forwarding is established . This is not quite a listening, but rather control of the calls. There is one indirect, but the real indicator is a change in the network. For example, if your phone suddenly switches with 4G to 3G and does not return to 4G until you restart your device or turn on mode , it may indicate being in the area of the crossing area. Such equipment can be used by special services, being at a distance of 600-700 meters from you in urban conditions .
Many are convinced that if you start advertising on this topic after a private conversation - so someone has " overhered". However, Neoversity teacher Marina Yevdokimenko explains: such cases are the result of artificial intelligence , not a microphone. Companies like Meta, Google, Tiktok collect data on your network behavior , create a digital profile and predict your wishes. Therefore, advertising is the result of algorithmic analysis, not direct listening.
If you still suspect that something is wrong- that 's what the expert advises : restart the phone regularly- it breaks the connection of harmful software with command servers. Reset the settings to the factory , if you doubt - it will remove potentially harmful programs. Update the OS - new versions close the vulnerability that malicious software can use . Check the forwarding - Vodafone , for example, can be done through a combination *# 21#.
