Warning signs your iPhone may be being tracked

Here are warning signs your iPhone may be being tracked.

Apple ID information compromised

The first sign that your iPhone is being tracked that you should pay attention to is that your Apple ID information has been compromised. This is considered the highest-level administrative account on each iPhone.

If you receive notifications about your Apple ID being logged in on an unfamiliar device, your account password being changed, or unusual bill payments, etc., these could be warning signs that someone has access to your Apple ID.

However, you do not need to worry when encountering the above cases. You can use Apple's account recovery tool to recover and access your Apple ID account again if you cannot access your Apple ID.

You should also enable two-factor authentication or create a strong password to prevent your Apple ID information from being accessed by bad guys.

Unknown devices in Family Sharing or the Find My app

Family Sharing is a convenient tool that allows you to share shopping transactions, family photo albums, locations, work schedules, etc. with members of your family group without sharing an Apple ID.

Meanwhile, the Find My lost device search feature is similar. The information is contained in an Apple ID. Therefore, Family Sharing and the Find My application are two methods that criminals often take advantage of to access your iPhone system.

Seeing an unfamiliar device in Family Sharing or the Find My app is a suspicious sign.

Therefore, if you detect a strange device in these 2 applications, quickly remove it, check the security layer and update the password immediately to avoid bad risks.

Increased data usage

Any app or software that is active on your phone uses up data. If you notice an increase in your data usage on your monthly phone bill, it could be the work of a tracking app.

Using technology to track someone’s iPhone’s GPS location and other information is a lot of data, but you’ll need to check your phone’s data usage before you can draw any firm conclusions.

Battery capacity is drained quickly

Just like any software or application on your device, using a tracking app will drain your phone's battery.

If your phone battery percentage is maintained till the end of the day after being fully charged, but suddenly, the time is shortened without your control at high frequency, then the case of an application monitoring without your knowledge may happen.

When being tracked, the phone will drain the battery quickly.

Microphone and camera access violated

The next sign that your iPhone is being monitored is when the microphone and camera are compromised. Currently, there are many spyware used to eavesdrop and record calls. Some other tracking applications also make your camera automatically activate, take pictures of the surroundings and send them to the server or other devices.

These risks may contain potential dangers for you. So when there is a request for access to the camera, the map application wants to use the microphone,... The best way is to immediately delete these applications from your device.

Strange messages appear

Did you receive a text message containing a strange code, a special symbol, character, or link?

If this happens frequently, there may be a spy app installed on your iPhone.

When encountering this situation, be careful to ignore or delete strange messages, and do not click on strange links sent via messages.

Microphone and camera access may be compromised.

Strange web browser and applications appear

iPhone users are always advised to control the applications they have installed in their web browser history. This helps you quickly detect any abnormalities that occur.

If your iPhone has strange applications, access history to some strange web browsers, it is very likely that your phone has been hacked. Therefore, you should delete these applications and check the applications that have access to your data.

When you detect the above signs, you need to quickly check your iPhone immediately and find a safe solution to avoid being tracked and having your important information exposed.

THANH TUNG (Synthesis)

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