{"id":3917,"date":"2011-11-22T15:46:30","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T15:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=2169"},"modified":"2019-05-02T08:46:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T08:46:03","slug":"hackers-spying-on-cell-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/hackers-spying-on-cell-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Spying on Cell Phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Phone1.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2170\" title=\"phone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Phone1.jpg\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2170 lazyload\" title=\"phone\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Phone1.jpg\"><\/a>Hackers can see text messages, listen in on every move and even identify someone\u2019s precise physical location by hijacking a cell phone.  Manufacturers of spyware software are selling its wares as ways to catch a cheating partner or make sure a child\u2019s babysitter is doing their job properly, but the software, which allows someone to use their cell phone to peek in on another person, could obviously have sinister uses as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\" mb10\">\n<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s very real, and unfortunately it\u2019s going on as we speak,\u201d says Mike Carr, the University of Mexico\u2019s director of information assurance.  \u201cI can follow you around if your phone has GPS technology.  I can see where you are.  I can read your emails.  I can read your text messaging.\u201d The spyware software even lets the hacker listen in real time even when their target is not actually using their cell phone.  \u201cA lot of the snoop ware or spyware that\u2019s installed on cell phones is very hidden and the user doesn\u2019t know that they\u2019ve been installed,\u201d Carr notes, adding that if people really want to break into someone else\u2019s cell phone, they can and will.  \u201cAnd that\u2019s a scary thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" mb10\">\n<\/p><p>It is illegal to use the spyware software in the United States, although it\u2019s legal to just download it off the Internet.  Carr advises people to watch out for telltale signs that your phone may have been hacked, such as your browser or address book being open without your instruction.<\/p>\n<p class=\" mb10\">\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hackers can see text messages, listen in on every move and even identify someone\u2019s precise physical location by hijacking a cell phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1821],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hackers Spying on Cell Phones<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/hackers-spying-on-cell-phones\/\" \/>\n<meta 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