Timeline for Is it possible for someone to spy on an Android phone without using spying apps?
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| May 18, 2022 at 18:25 | history | protected | CommunityBot | ||
| Jun 1, 2021 at 15:18 | history | edited | A. Hersean | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 1, 2021 at 12:58 | answer | added | defalt | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 1, 2021 at 9:55 | comment | added | LvB | @Elate55 there is no way to awnser that. And it would be out of scope to even try to awnser that. It Suffices to say that there are many ways to infect a device. | |
| Jun 1, 2021 at 9:31 | comment | added | user256642 | @LvB first of all thanks to everyone who took the time to help me, now let me ask you this, your opinion, what do you think would be easier for a “bad guy” to use in order to hack your phone? Those spying apps (“parental control”) or creating their own spyware and sending it through email? Is there another way other than email to infect your phone, lets say by creating your own malicious website? Also if someone tries to download spyware through a malicious website, they must allow downloads from unknown sources (you know the option that lets you download stuff from outside the play store)?tnx | |
| Jun 1, 2021 at 9:18 | comment | added | LvB | @Elate55 no. There is are a myriad of ways of doing that. And no way to exhaustieve list them here. And extricating data from a device is a completely separate question. (With a myriad of answers too) | |
| Jun 1, 2021 at 9:11 | comment | added | user256642 | @Steffen Ullrich hey guys so basically what I mean is, are spying apps the only way someone can spy on your phone or are there other ways to do it? If there are other ways, what are these “other ways” and how likely are they to be used? Basically if someone wanted to install spyware on your android phone without the use of spyware apps, what does that person need to do? Do they have to create their own spyware software and then install it on your phone? How would they send it to your device? Through email or a simple google search that takes you to a malicious website? | |
| Jun 1, 2021 at 6:59 | comment | added | schroeder♦ | @SteffenUllrich I would interpret the question to mean the legitimate apps for monitoring a phone: MDM, endpoint agents, employee monitoring apps, etc. These can be pushed to the phone by legitimate means (like the employer). | |
| Jun 1, 2021 at 2:48 | answer | added | Saber Gnichi | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 31, 2021 at 20:06 | comment | added | Steffen Ullrich | "... those apps that require payment ..." - payment or not is irrelevant for the functionality of a software. And bugs like these even allow an attacker to take over a phone without having physical access, being nearby is sufficient. And taking over the phone also means the possibility of spying. But, just because something is possible in general it does not mean that it is easy nor that you are a target of this. | |
| May 31, 2021 at 19:29 | comment | added | LvB | Can an adversary exploit device “X” with some unknown way: Yes. Is this likely. Not that likely. Why would anyone invest the time and resources to target just you. If it’s about targeting larger groups, than you could be in the mix. But if as the old adage goes “all bets are off once someone gets physical access” | |
| May 31, 2021 at 17:37 | history | edited | user256642 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 31, 2021 at 16:57 | history | edited | user256642 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 31, 2021 at 16:51 | history | asked | user256642 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |