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Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by lalanice(f): 2:10am On Jan 07, 2023
Ken4Christ:


TECNO SPARK Go
for ten year you haven't changed phone? How do they keep following you? �
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by godofuck231: 2:40am On Jan 07, 2023
Ken4Christ:


TECNO SPARK Go
ha! Ashawoe phone and e no de ever wear pant , constant bursting for you, get a sarin phone or boeing black stealth phone
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by godofuck231: 2:43am On Jan 07, 2023
truthCoder:
Buy a real phone.

If it is the cheapest iPhone, get it. Let me say this again. Buy an iPhone. If you must use an android, get a Samsung or any other major brand. Do not buy Tecno, Infinix, Itel or any other android that ships with factory spyware.

Any phone manufacturer that doesn’t take privacy seriously is just a brick manufacturer.

The volume of malware on phones in Nigeria is alarming.

The main culprits are Tecnos and Infinix. They come with malwares right out of the box and there is little you can do about it.

Dont use easybuy.

Don’t download loan apps.

Don’t use the same browser that you use for everything for porn or other illicit sites.

Dont click on funny links.

Dont use tiktok.

mother board greetings, very on point
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by EinsteinAyo(m): 5:18am On Jan 07, 2023
Hackers have tools than the ones you know. This is not about TECNO phone. I can tell you categorically that I have always used TECNO phones and I have never experienced what the guy experienced.

Everyone just needs to be very careful and be mindful of what they do on their devices. TECNO has greatly improved.

Poloyanabo2:
Ken4Christ , so you are using Tecno phone and complaining of all phones?

if you're really serious about anything ICT, you won't dare to use Tecno, Infinix or Itel.

go for, if new one is not possible, buy second hand devices from Google pixel, IPhone, Samsung.

When you do that, then you can complain about hackers and get meaningful replies.

may God never allow me use my money to buy a Tecno/Infinix phone for over 20k, nor to feel fulfilled using it, I deserve better.

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Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by paradigmshift(m): 5:49am On Jan 07, 2023
ViceGovernor:

L grin L na true sha.
But I feel much safer in that second space than the first.
E sure me die say them don plant some things when dey monitor me for this Redmi. Sometimes different apps go just begin open and close by themselves or make my keyboard just begin type on him own. The matter tire me but for 2nd space no wahala whatsoever
Still praying for money for Note 11

Baba your phone dn get fault nothing else .. I dey use Redmi note 11 pro + 5G, there's nothing like pop up and all that. Either u reset your phone or you go install yeye app. .

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Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by truthCoder: 6:39am On Jan 07, 2023
babaolofin:


I use Samsung Galaxy. My accounts were hacked. They know I am aware, they keep using different method. When I stopped using phone for political matters but only laptop, I experience the same thing after some times.

Change your passwords on all your social media accounts.

There are options on every social network to log out of all existing log ins. Use that.

It is not your phone that is the problem. It is your socials and footprints plus possibly someone close to you.
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by truthCoder: 6:43am On Jan 07, 2023
Silentgroper:
I use a nokia android... Is it safe.




It's high time dz bloody brand makes me their brand ambassador.. How do i keep using d same brand since i was a kid...

It is possible Nokia is ‘better’. I am not sure because i have not used one in a long while.

However, I know for a fact that iPhones especially the ones on ios 16 have privacy at their core. Even Facebook and Google got angry.
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by truthCoder: 6:49am On Jan 07, 2023
HOKIM:


Sir, I have an app on my phone that keeps notifying me that I should un-install it cos it's trying to gain access to my informations... I still no hear, is it possible that they have now hacked into my phone as I use a Samsung?? I have alot of info on my phone ooo..abeg ooo

Name of app : Rapid Streamz
Pls can you help me check the app out...

Your options bro.

Did you download via an official app store like playstore or you went looking for some apks from one random place?

There is no free lunch in the app world. You are either paying or you are the menu
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by truthCoder: 6:59am On Jan 07, 2023
paradigmshift:
USA na hypocrite.. they fought Huawei because Huawei was the top brand in phones in the US. They are fighting TikTok because it's the number 1 app even in the US. I just Google Xiaomi backdoor and nothing happened. Hauwei, vivo, and others are making great products. Even the so called iphone are assembled in china, they semi Chinese branded if you reason that way. All the iphone or apple products chipset are manafuctrd by TSMC, a company in Taiwan lol . Baba abeg rest e

Fact check. Huawei has never been the top brand in the US. It was a top brand in china.

US blacklisted Huawei for security concerns.

You obviously dont know what a backdoor is or how to look for one.

TikTok investigations have revealed that the company actually spies on users. This is as new as a few weeks ago.

Chips are manufactured from blueprints. Apple supplies its own blueprints. You cannot add any extra post-blueprint.

Taiwan is different from China but you also might not know this.

I have not forced you to stop using your Xiaomi. However, your claim that Xiaomi is secure (in the same breath as an iPhone) is completely false.

Cheers

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Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by Ken4Christ: 7:25am On Jan 07, 2023
EinsteinAyo:
Hackers have tools than the ones you know. This is not about TECNO phone. I can tell you categorically that I have always used TECNO phones and I have never experienced what the guy experienced.

Everyone just needs to be very careful and be mindful of what they do on their devices. TECNO has greatly improved.


You haven't experienced them because you are not yet a target. They don't do it to everyone.
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by Ken4Christ: 7:28am On Jan 07, 2023
lalanice:
for ten year you haven't changed phone? How do they keep following you? �

The TECNO SPARK Go is a new product and it's less than a year I got the phone.

They started doing so when I was using Phantom A 7. But I just ignored them thinking it wasn't causing much harm.

They even hacked my website and Amazon account. I was able to recover the latter but I closed the website.
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by Ken4Christ: 7:32am On Jan 07, 2023
CaptainFM1:


It's still the same thing....you get yourself exposed/detected that's why!

You remember the over 80 Russian soldiers that were killed 2days ago by Ukraine? Reports had it that their mobile phones gave them away.

Your case may not be mobile phone, but certainly an uncleaned fingerprints (technologically or physically) somewhere is giving you out.

I know where the attack is coming from but I don't have physical evidences to take a legal action. It's from a leading ministry I served for several years. I was oppressed because of my potentials. I opted to leave but I am shocked they are still fighting me. The reason might be to cover up their evil deeds from being exposed in future.
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by KingUka: 7:52am On Jan 07, 2023
Poloyanabo2:
Ken4Christ , so you are using Tecno phone and complaining of all phones?

if you're really serious about anything ICT, you won't dare to use Tecno, Infinix or Itel.

go for, if new one is not possible, buy second hand devices from Google pixel, IPhone, Samsung.

When you do that, then you can complain about hackers and get meaningful replies.

may God never allow me use my money to buy a Tecno/Infinix phone for over 20k, nor to feel fulfilled using it, I deserve better.



No basis for this. Basically sounds like you hating on TECNO/INFINIX do you think they make the phones in Aba ,in the hands of secondary school graduates? Abeg let's be talking with facts jare. Its a new year
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by justin5: 8:33am On Jan 07, 2023
Frequently scroll down your Apps. Get familiar with already installed or operating files/Apps. Look out 4 Apps or files you're not familiar with. Delete. Chances are that they hack using some kinda names attached to Google this or Google that.

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Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by phemmyfour: 8:35am On Jan 07, 2023
Ken4Christ:
I am so shocked at the ways hackers get easy access to one's phone. Why can't manufacturers produce phones with protective features? Why is our phones so vulnerable to attacks by internet fraudsters to the point that they can delete some of your files.

And we don't have people who can give useful suggestions on how to protect one's phone.

You use VPN, they still bypass it.

You try other apps to block them, they still get access.

Is phone technology getting useless?

The cons seems to outweigh the pros.

I need expert advice.

A leading ministry has sponsored hackers to monitor me for more than 10 years now. Though, I just discovered last year.

They have blocked most of the transactions that would have translated to wealth for over a decade now.

Who can give me useful suggestions?
Is Tecno a phone? Any phone running on OPEN SOURCE OS (Android) is not safe

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Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by Metronomy(m): 8:36am On Jan 07, 2023
truthCoder:
Buy a real phone.

If it is the cheapest iPhone, get it. Let me say this again. Buy an iPhone. If you must use an android, get a Samsung or any other major brand. Do not buy Tecno, Infinix, Itel or any other android that ships with factory spyware.

Any phone manufacturer that doesn’t take privacy seriously is just a brick manufacturer.

The volume of malware on phones in Nigeria is alarming.

The main culprits are Tecnos and Infinix. They come with malwares right out of the box and there is little you can do about it.

Dont use easybuy.

Don’t download loan apps.

Don’t use the same browser that you use for everything for porn or other illicit sites.

Dont click on funny links.

Dont use tiktok.


You said well, and in addition don't always activate your location, Bluetooth, WiFi and hotspot when not actively needed
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by ViceGovernor: 9:17am On Jan 07, 2023
paradigmshift:


Baba your phone dn get fault nothing else .. I dey use Redmi note 11 pro + 5G, there's nothing like pop up and all that. Either u reset your phone or you go install yeye app. .
My dream phone.
No fault with my note 9 pro but I may have installed a malware.
If you ever wan sell ur note 11 pro I take God beg you contact me I go buy am
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by Nehe007(m): 9:21am On Jan 07, 2023
Ken4Christ:

Thanks. Noted.
Wlc bro
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by paradigmshift(m): 9:25am On Jan 07, 2023
ViceGovernor:

My dream phone.
No fault with my note 9 pro but I may have installed a malware.
If you ever wan sell ur note 11 pro I take God beg you contact me I go buy am
okay no problem.. I go let you know...my phone is still sharp and no scratch and am currently using MTN 5g network in Lagos but no 5g In Edo.. will be back in Edo next week. Which other higher Xiaomi phone I fit take replace Redmi note 11 pro+5g?
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by kuljayms1(m): 9:51am On Jan 07, 2023
KingOfTheDamned:
Speak for yourself . When you guys keep buying Tecno INFINIX and ITEL ,phones with extensive bloatware and malwares with back doors that by pass your phone security.

Why do you think Google has refused to grant Transsion (manufacturer of Tecno,INFINIX and ITEL) OEM status?

Because their phones have so many added back doors into your phone built unit their rubbish HIOS or INFINIX os and ITEL os.

I pity people who buy those phones

I don't think this issue is about any particular brand, it's more about being smart as a smartphone user. Be able to identify phishing links, don't save passwords on site that you're not sure of, use 2FA, etc. These steps will make it difficult for you to get hacked into.
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by Jayjerjay: 10:57am On Jan 07, 2023
Ken4Christ:


TECNO SPARK Go
The fault can be from your end... Clicking links you're are not supposed to click, giving permissions to unknown apps, it's not about TECNO device

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Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by hoilakes(m): 11:12am On Jan 07, 2023
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Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by hoilakes(m): 11:13am On Jan 07, 2023
Obviously, you alone know what you have been doing with your device, android or iPhone, or Microsoft if you are visiting sites that's will make ur device vulnerable to hacking sure they will easily hack into ur device.

less do some people know that when downloading stuff online and prompt pops up to accept and you clicked on them some hackers do use that to inject anything dey needed to be in ur system.

some inbuilt apps do detect that but most people ignore it.

my point. if u like, use TESLA SMARTPHONE and u still keep visiting places that will make ur device vulnerable my brother u are still n the game

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-whatsapp-messages-can-hacked/

Ken4Christ:
I am so shocked at the ways hackers get easy access to one's phone. Why can't manufacturers produce phones with protective features? Why is our phones so vulnerable to attacks by internet fraudsters to the point that they can delete some of your files.

And we don't have people who can give useful suggestions on how to protect one's phone.

You use VPN, they still bypass it.

You try other apps to block them, they still get access.

Is phone technology getting useless?

The cons seems to outweigh the pros.

I need expert advice.

A leading ministry has sponsored hackers to monitor me for more than 10 years now. Though, I just discovered last year.

They have blocked most of the transactions that would have translated to wealth for over a decade now.

Who can give me useful suggestions?
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by SimiVikky: 11:42am On Jan 07, 2023
Some of these hacks are not the manufacturer's fault, beware of unsecured links or sites you visit.
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by Hotice085: 9:05pm On Jan 07, 2023
90% of the analysis here are just dumb use the most recent IPhone and be careless you will be hacked use Spark 3 and be dilligent security wise you wont get hacked

OP go to Quora and ask this question you will see quality answers
IPhone Samsung or whatever can't save you if your careless with your phones what you click or the apps u use

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Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by SodiumValproate: 9:20pm On Jan 07, 2023
jackcanfield:
Biko what is this
grin grin grin
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by peacealways: 9:21pm On Jan 07, 2023
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Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by gogeekish(m): 12:06am On Jan 08, 2023
Who are you to be monitored? Your phone is just faulty, the OS has gone crazy due to low memory. Too much lag has made your phone respond to yesterday's clicks. You have also allowed too much chrome notifications.

Inshort, the terrible device you bought is performing what is expected to be performed in a low budget phone. Is like buying iPhone 5S in today's market. You will Stone that phone to walls when in use as a daily driver.

Advice: Avoid sites especially freebies and porns. Give your phone lesser app. Don't use standard Facebook (use lite apps).

Avoid battery saver, cleaner apps etc.

Disable bloatware. Click your phone and have patience to respond to your clicks.

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Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by Eaglesence: 7:29pm On Jan 08, 2023
Ken4Christ:


Every advice points to just one option. They said I should get a iPhone or Samsung phone.

Hummm
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by IzuKiba77: 5:20pm On Jan 09, 2023
MrBroke:
They don't, you guys are just ignorant
Nah it’s actually much more than that,it’s not really based on ignorance guy,my Facebook was hacked like twice despite the password being so tricky and difficult, somehow I don’t even know how they do it
Re: Why Do Hackers Have Easy Access To Our Phones by MrBroke(m): 5:24pm On Jan 09, 2023
IzuKiba77:

Nah it’s actually much more than that,it’s not really based on ignorance guy,my Facebook was hacked like twice despite the password being so tricky and difficult, somehow I don’t even know how they do it

You don't know how = ignorance grin

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