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Im not sure if this has been discussed before as I did search but cant find anything.
Today I called T-Mobile for the first time to complaint that my MMS is not working (known problem for samsung galaxy s 4g) and asking them when is the update available to fix this issue, and My SMS is in and out as well ?
I didnt tell him what program I have/downloaded on the phone since he didnt ask.
I get transfered straight to higher (level 2) technical support. He said dont touch the phone while he was checking something and the phone will reboot. The phone did reboot and the SMS get fixed.
This is what Alarmed me so much.
The tech support ( I wont publish his name here) know exactly what software I have on the phone (downloaded from the market), what is currently running, he also know I have advance task manager among other thing.
He even knew my Gmail address I use on the phone and google market account.
How is this possible ?
Is there anyway I can block this because I dont like when T-mobile snooping on my phone. If they can see the apps I downloaded on my phone and know my gmail address, know what apps currently running, Can they also access my email through my phone ?
Honestly never heard of that. Thats wild!
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Logmein app ? That's the only thing I can suspect
VICosPhi said:
Logmein app ? That's the only thing I can suspect
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I dont have that app on my phone
dude there are 30 plus million subscribers in t-mobile. unless your a celebrity or a son of bill gates or something they wont waste their time nosing on what you install or who you talk to everyday. anyway that less of your problems if you stress about that, they got your full name and ssn in file and a credit card number. if thay wanted to mess you up thats what they will go for.
I wouldn't sweat it too much, it's just like any computer service company that can push updates to your computer.. All they did was push an update and had your phone reboot.. Now if you had some terrorist shizah on there, then I'd be worried, but other than that, they've probably already forgotten about you!
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dude there are 30 plus million subscribers in t-mobile. unless your a celebrity or a son of bill gates or something they wont waste their time nosing on what you install or who you talk to everyday. anyway that less of your problems if you stress about that, they got your full name and ssn in file and a credit card number. if thay wanted to mess you up thats what they will go for.
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Dude
last time i see this is still USA where privacy matter whether you are celebrity or not.
You wouldnt enter someone else house without asking for permission wont you (unless if you want to get arrested ) ?
The guy didnt ask for permission and I never give my approval for Tmobile to snoop into my phone.
Like I said it suprise me for the tech support to mention the apps I downloaded , running in the background and my gmail account associated to my phone and market account.
Those action has nothing to do with fixing my SMS connection ???
It doesn't surprise me at all. The OTA capabilities are there in a lot of devices, including your DSL or cable modem. Google owns everything you do on your Android phone, including your location even when you're not doing anything. Unfortunately, the Facebook mentality about privacy is winning.
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nothing here
r3tro8888 said:
I dont have that app on my phone
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Unless you removed it, yes, you do.
I was surprised to see it on my phone as well since I hadn't installed it.. talk about bloat... why would the phone come stock with this?
They've been doing this for years, it's nothing new at all.. Notice how you call and they automatically know what kind of phone you have? Same premise. I've called multiple times with phones that were unlocked from other networks also, they could see the phone, and never cared. Take off your tinfoil hat, there's nothing to worry about.
Yea they said let me check it to look up what phone u have and what faqs and problems. Dont be alarmed
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They've been doing this for years, it's nothing new at all.. Notice how you call and they automatically know what kind of phone you have? Same premise. I've called multiple times with phones that were unlocked from other networks also, they could see the phone, and never cared. Take off your tinfoil hat, there's nothing to worry about.
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No matter what phone you have, T-Mobile (and I'd assume AT&T) can find out what phone you are using, even if it's not a T-Mobile branded phone.
I wouldn't worry, they aren't gonna do some stupid **** with that, they just did that to repair your phone. I honestly doubt they'd risk losing a customer over a little thing like that.
Google is the one you should be worried about. They know where your phone is, exactly to the millimeter (I don't think that really works with the Vibrant though. xD).
u called to get your phone fixed didnt you? and they did just that didnt they? if you are so worried about your privacy i got a old motorola razr sitting in my closet, ill gladly trade your sgs4
Google is the devil, and will take over the planet, and join steve jobs. Put on your tin foil hats!
To further this, its done through rescue me. It is built into the kernel. On the Vibrant froyo leaks i have leaked out it is there also. We just remove the Rescue Me app.
I can remove the drivers and credentials from the kernel if people are that concerned about it. I wouldnt be though.
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A sysctl to enable/disable would be my personal choice, but I have yet to build custom kernels for Android (though have for FreeBSD and OpenWRT) so I don't know how feasible that is with the source access we have.
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Dude
last time i see this is still USA where privacy matter whether you are celebrity or not.
You wouldnt enter someone else house without asking for permission wont you (unless if you want to get arrested ) ?
The guy didnt ask for permission and I never give my approval for Tmobile to snoop into my phone.
Like I said it suprise me for the tech support to mention the apps I downloaded , running in the background and my gmail account associated to my phone and market account.
Those action has nothing to do with fixing my SMS connection ???
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I'm a computer repair tech. One of the first questions I'm going to ask is have you installed any new hardware or software? Most of the time I've found out software was the root problem of the issue. Not always, just Most of the time. So, it doesn't supprise me that he can see what is installed on your phone. It gives him a idea of what the problem can be. I would be more concerned what NSA or space aliens are doing with your phone.
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Take off your tinfoil hat, there's nothing to worry about.
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heartspains88 said:
Put on your tin foil hats!
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nwpro3 said:
I'm a computer repair tech. I would be more concerned what space aliens are doing with your phone.
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Pass that roll of tin foil will you fellas ?
I like mine shaped like a tricorne .
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A sysctl to enable/disable would be my personal choice, but I have yet to build custom kernels for Android (though have for FreeBSD and OpenWRT) so I don't know how feasible that is with the source access we have.
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Its not in the source. Its in the initramfs. There are also binaries in /system/bin
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This is tough to explain...
At random points a friend of mine tells me that I am sending stange text messages that look like this:
"ME:<Subject: > - What game?"
According to what I see in my text history, It is being sent from my phone. Now out of the 20 or so people I have active text sessions with, she is the only one.
I've been through various ROM's and have had this problem follow. Logic tells me its her phone based on the facts but I can't prove it. I've done a Google search and that returned nothing. Searched around the XDA site and didn't turn up anything.
Has anyone experienced anything the same or similar?
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This is tough to explain...
At random points a friend of mine tells me that I am sending stange text messages that look like this:
"ME:<Subject: > - What game?"
According to (1.)what I see in my text history, It is being sent from my phone. Now out of the 20 or so people I have active text sessions with, she is the only one.
I've been through various ROM's and (2.) have had this problem follow.
Logic tells me its her phone based on the facts but I can't prove it. I've done a Google search and that returned nothing. Searched around the XDA site and didn't turn up anything.
Has anyone experienced anything the same or similar?
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Now excuse me if I am not following you, but
First you say : 1
And then you say : 2
How does something you can see in your phones text log become her phones problem?
It is your phone and it is prolly an app you install since it follows you, or a friend in your midst as they follow you too.
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Now excuse me if I am not following you, but
First you say : 1
And then you say : 2
How does something you can see in your phones text log become her phones problem?
It is your phone and it is prolly an app you install since it follows you, or a friend in your midst as they follow you too.
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Yea I know, But I've been running with only stock apps for the past 24 hours and it happened again last night. I'm puzzled. Out of all the people I text it just goes to her phone.
Might have to keep my eyes out for the friend in the midst
If its showing as sent from your phone in your phone, then logic would dictate that your phone is the source of this issue. When switching roms, did u do a full wipe before reflashing? Are u sure u are not restoring any apps or configurations whether if its synced with Google or titanium backup? Perhaps u have apps stored on your sdcard? Just a few things to think about.
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Maybe your excessive drinking is the cause "drunk texting." Admit it, it's okay, we've all done it. Lol
Sorry, can't say that I have ever experienced that, maybe a friend or flatmate is joshing with you.
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Lol. This is also a plausible explaination Haha.
Nochips4me said:
Maybe your excessive drinking is the cause "drunk texting." Admit it, it's okay, we've all done it. Lol
Sorry, can't say that I have ever experienced that, maybe a friend or flatmate is joshing with you.
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What game?
Sorry I meant to say was it looks like you're the problem
Do you sync htc sense? I've had the same thing happen and it only happened after flashing a rom and logging into htc sense. Not sure how or why but it would re send a few texts.
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cant be any worse then me talking to someone. and hearing someone else cross talk into my phone lol, but they cant hear me
Today I've received a weird sms with some strange text. I do not have any contacts from this area. I wonder what is it? Please look at the attachment. Seems like an attempt to hack.
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Today I've received a weird sms with some strange text. I do not have any contacts from this area. I wonder what is it? Please look at the attachment. Seems like an attempt to hack.
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It might just be an encrypted message sent to the wrong number.
Not even sure. It looks like it has some patterns, but it also looks like it is somewhat random. I mean decrypting this is most likely impossible, and by most likely I mean certainly. I am intrigued, unfortunately, no way of satisfying the curiosity.
yeah.. it has repetitive fragments and looks like encrypted text. but I still don't have clue what is it
We have no cipher key, no clue what kind of encryption that is and what could be the context for it. So we are probably never going to find that out.... Unfortunately.
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yeah.. it has repetitive fragments and looks like encrypted text. but I still don't have clue what is it
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Hey man im from Alaska that's INSANE because if im not mistaken I've gotten alot of texts like that and learned not to open them because they usually (once opened) executed what id assume is your code given here, it may not run on newer android versions, ive had that number send me texts that return a '0' and proceed to delete themselves on 4.4 and lower.
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Hey man im from Alaska that's INSANE because if im not mistaken I've gotten alot of texts like that and learned not to open them because they usually (once opened) executed what id assume is your code given here, it may not run on newer android versions, ive had that number send me texts that return a '0' and proceed to delete themselves on 4.4 and lower.
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Interesting! I guess it's an "OMA" msg (silent msg) which could be "legit" (if you think it's ok your carrier can potentially mod your phone without you knowing) from your carrier but could also be malicious. Are you also on Rogers, maybe they use OMA msg to set your phone for their network? I didn't expect them to look like encryption though, thought it would be higher level type code...
Would be interested to hear from someone who knows about this sort of stuff.
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Interesting! I guess it's an "OMA" msg (silent msg) which could be "legit" (if you think it's ok your carrier can potentially mod your phone without you knowing) from your carrier but could also be malicious. Are you also on Rogers, maybe they use OMA msg to set your phone for their network? I didn't expect them to look like encryption though, thought it would be higher level type code...
Would be interested to hear from someone who knows about this sort of stuff.
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Nope I was on GCI up there and they absolutely do use those messages (from the tower bouncing) from my understanding GCI was the only company to set up towers in Alaska. AT&T and Verizon both bounce off of them . Very odd and ive never heard of a R customer receiving one (especially from an Alaska area code)
I forgot to add, I wouldn't doubt if you're in the Yukon or western areas of Canada you're indeed bouncing off GCI as well. To be honest I came across this thread by accident & totally got sucked in by seeing the area code haha. They have a lot of tech up there no telling what that is all about, weird as hell though.
I have an ISO 14443-3A NFC access card for university and im looking to use my S3 Frontier as my access to class and purchases on campus. i know the watch has nfc capabilities but is this possible?
I'm guessing it's possible, but you would need a custom app, and probably with root privileges.
The standard use is by Samsung Pay, which does not even replicate your existing card NFC but creates a new unique one instead.
I have to admit that this would be pretty cool, however. Things like transport cards etc which are becoming ubiquitous. There's definitely a market for this for an enterprising developer!
Do you know if there is any code documentation for that? On how to access the nfc in my gear s3 to emulate an nfc tag? Any documentation on tizen nfc?
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NVM - I actually found the documentation. I am going to try and code this, oh boy, that's going to be one hell of a challenge
Did you ever start this project?
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Did you ever start this project?
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Me? I did. Mostly just researching right now, didn't wanted to jump the gun and start before knowing if this is even remotely possible for me. It's definitely more complex then I expected, luckily I have some nfc knowledge, so this should come in handy. I also tried to find out if someone ever tried to do such a thing, had no luck with that though.
I guess the next step is to just build a custom app that utilizes the nfc in the watch, like a very simple app to learn how to work with it, and then develop it further to somehow magically pull it off and send the data of a copied tag from the watch to a reader.
I think it's possible though if I put in enough work, even if it's a bit out of my league tbh.
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Me? I did. Mostly just researching right now, didn't wanted to jump the gun and start before knowing if this is even remotely possible for me. It's definitely more complex then I expected, luckily I have some nfc knowledge, so this should come in handy. I also tried to find out if someone ever tried to do such a thing, had no luck with that though.
I guess the next step is to just build a custom app that utilizes the nfc in the watch, like a very simple app to learn how to work with it, and then develop it further to somehow magically pull it off and send the data of a copied tag from the watch to a reader.
I think it's possible though if I put in enough work, even if it's a bit out of my league tbh.
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Hopefully you find help because this is a much needed app. I would love to not carry my badge everywhere if i could have it in my watch and phone. Keep us updated if you can!
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Hopefully you find help because this is a much needed app. I would love to not carry my badge everywhere if i could have it in my watch and phone. Keep us updated if you can!
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Thanks, though it's more complicated that it seems (Or that I though). I run into the same issues as some other a while back, not sure how to fix it, they never found a fix either, or at least they never posted it. It feels like a problem with me using a non rooted watch, because some operations of the api i am just not able to execute right. Guess my next step is to try it with a rooted watch, maybe that solves one of the many issues
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Thanks, though it's more complicated that it seems (Or that I though). I run into the same issues as some other a while back, not sure how to fix it, they never found a fix either, or at least they never posted it. It feels like a problem with me using a non rooted watch, because some operations of the api i am just not able to execute right. Guess my next step is to try it with a rooted watch, maybe that solves one of the many issues
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Did you continue with a rooted watch?
Nfc
I'd be interested in this too if you can make it happen. Goodluck!
Curious progress check
Hi I'm also interested in having an app that can emulate nfc tags like the nfc mobile app...
I did find this site if it may be of any use.
https://developer.tizen.org/community/tip-tech/tizen-nfc-card-emulation-mode[/url]
I wish you luck with getting it to work
Hi, just wondering that did you make an app for NFC tag emulation eventually? Just got my new galaxy watch 3 and found the option with "choose an app to open with NFC", with Tizen os 5.5.0.1, it seems that Samsung has open the NFC permission for users.
Please help
I have something installed on my stock fold 2 that continues to connect with my hacker. Even after a full reset.
99UsErNaMe99 said:
Please help
I have something installed on my stock fold 2 that continues to connect with my hacker. Even after a full reset.
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Have you rooted in past! or you have installed unwanted app like anydesk/vnc/remote etc etc...
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Have you rooted in past!
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I have not. And I know who the hacker is. She is the mother of my kids and is about to loose custody of our 3 kids to me. She is also a bit coin miner that hijacks devices to do her dirty work. She is very experienced and I know this for a fact. It's her job. I just need to know how to SSH into the memory that she put the script in.
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Have you rooted in past! or you have installed unwanted app like anydesk/vnc/remote etc etc...
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She has been scamming me and harassing me for 9 months. Trying to get me to click on a fabricated email with script embedded. She finally got her way. Took her almost 8 months the of trying.
I most definitely have never installed any remote desktop server or clients but I know she has. I have found them and Uninstalled. Numerous times. She has been deleting recovery emails and adding saved passwords all day. And that's just today.
If she's such a pro, bring it to a real geek professional than relying on advice from forum. She might have copied it to some partitions which are not formatted by default.
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If she's such a pro, bring it to a real geek professional than relying on advice from forum. She might have copied it to some partitions which are not formatted by default.
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I think you are right. I'll have to check with the fbi and make sure they are done making a copy. Homeland already made theirs. They are classifying it as an act of terror.
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I have something installed on my stock fold 2 that continues to connect with my hacker. Even after a full reset.
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Time for a new phone! Nothing else is worth the headache.
take your phone to pro, you are already sc***ed
And no a different phone doesn't stop her. I already did a burner phone with all new email addresses and my name no where on it
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Time for a new phone! Nothing else is worth the headache.
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Is this a china phone, and not Samsung Fold
99UsErNaMe99 said:
And no a different phone doesn't stop her. I already did a burner phone with all new email addresses and my name no where on it
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She was in it in 40 hours
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Is this a china phone, and not Samsung Fold
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It is an SM-F916U stock
99UsErNaMe99 said:
She was in it in 40 hours
It is an SM-F916U stock
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Try factory reset again, and not network reset
99UsErNaMe99 said:
She was in it in 40 hours
It is an SM-F916U stock
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Great. Here we go. She is now back on. Messing with this forum for me. I doubt you all can see it but she is doubling up messages and moving my screen around. Crap. Oh well. If you want to email me. It's [email protected]
I did 20 to 25 full erase factory resets in a row. Still was back after the last one. I have 2 other phones she is in and 3 laptops as well.
how can you say so, plz send some screenshot. I dont think she did anything ...
I'm not exactly sure what you would like to see for a screen shot. I am running on a drive that is obviously emulated on my screen and supposedly I have 43 sensors on a fold 2. Maybe that's counting all the drivers for the sensors on my phone to connect to her phone along with all the sensors on her device. I know for a fact that at one point she had my OS running on an s21. She told me I wouldn't be able to prove it. I'm too stubborn to give up. Lol. Here is 2 screen shots. One is my hard disks and the other is my 42 sensors.
Cool story!
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Cool story!
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Yup. Sure thing. Whatever you say. It's very much real. It's actually very crazy. No one on here has offered me any real input. I'm not making this up. It is very much real. And although it is extremely difficult to do it is possible. Especially for someone that can program on the run and has professional and commercial experience. It's all good.
I'm not sure how she would manage to get on a burner phone too. I'm pretty sure it's possible to hack into a router & infect devices connected to it if you're using the same wifi network. You could try getting a new router & a new burner phone & don't connect any other devices you may have to the new router in case they're infected. And don't open emails from addresses you don't recognize. I would suggest going to geek squad or something like that rather than a forum though.
Ando do a malware scan on any other devices you have if possible. If you have another way to connect those devices to internet like tethering, you could try Trend Micro housecall. It's a free online malware scanner.
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I have something installed on my stock fold 2 that continues to connect with my hacker. Even after a full reset.
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How do you know you're being hacked?
Tough to take this seriously and as fact.
But if you are, why haven't you gone to the authorities?
First of all this is fold 3 section not fold 2.
Secondly leave the phone to local police and tell them your wife or gf is hacking into your phone and let specialist att police go through your phone and if they find it's true they will grab evidence out of the phone and then arrest her for suspicious of hacking and they will use evidence when interviewing her and asking her that they found traces of her hacking the person's phone and such. Not last but least if higher up person decides to is do house warrant at her home so they will go home to her take all of her computer stuff including tablets and phones as part of investigation and they will check through all of them.
If you keep reseting your phone you are getting rid of all evidence from her and she will have lower chance of being sued in court and sentenced to jail for her criminal behaviour.
These sensors comes from your hardware nothing she's doing lmaoz. All smart phones have these sensors