Hello everyone,
1. I would like to know if a hacker got my cell phone information such as the IMEI or the serial number and my dialing number (i.e number that people dial to call me), is it enough for him to spy/hack my phone? Can he just use any of these information separately or all combined and starts hacking my phone?
Or does he need to interact with my phone by any means such as sending me fake/virused link and once i press this link i get hacked?
2. What about the company that provides me the sim card, telecommunication and internet service? I guess they (employees) already know the websites i visit for example, but could they know that I'm the one who posted this thread for example? If yes, how about information such as creating a facebook account or writing specific comments on a youtube vedio or buying a product from Amazon using Amazon app (not the regular browser), could they possibly know these information as long as they work at the company and therefore have access to my internet history?
3. How about Whatsapp conversations and emails? Are they really encrypted and secure? How about if yes they are secure, but can the hacker literally see what is going on my screen and even record it? I mean he cannot access my email inbox and compose emails instead of me but he can still read my emails and conversions as long as he got access to view my screen, i.e whatever going on my screen can see it?
4. If it is enough for the hacker to get my device IMEI & serial number & my dialing number, then I guess no need to format my device, right?
5. Does it differ for the telecommunication company or the hacker if device is android, windows or apple? I mean is iphone more secure than Samsung for example?
Someone would ask how possibly could a hacker know these info in the first place? Well, most devices have their own IMEI & Serial number listed on their backsides and even printed clearly on the box that came with.
So, let's suppose that this hacker knows you personally or he acted as if wants to make a phone call because he's out of credits and he captured the backside of your device which has these info, etc etc etc.
Sorry if i made my question this long, but i hoped i could make it as very clear as possible.
Thanks a lot.
Hacking a phone requires it's Android is rooted and/or it's bootloader is unlocked and/or ADB is enabled.
Knowing the IMEI, SN & dialing number aren't useful for a hacker in this context, but phone's IP-address may be so he/she can access the phone wirelessly.
Thanks a lot for your reply.
I heard these terms before, "rooted" and "bootloader is unlocked" and "ADB is enabled" ... and i believe the hacker then should has the phone physically and make these options himself coz brand new phones don't come with these status when they are manufactured, right?
I mean it could be only done to used phones as long as i don't know if they are rooted, bootloader is unlocked, ABD is enabled, and cannot be done to new phones, right?
How about the telecommunication company that provides me with Internet service, can they know any username i created for facebook or email, comments i typed on YouTube videos, products i bought over different apps because they can log to my internet history?
And in general, if the hacker could already hack my phone, can he records what is going on my screen , or it is a matter of just reaching passwords & files and can only deal with them as copy paste delete options?
Thanks again.
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http://www.createsurvey.com/c/49243-xPoPeB/
I just issued 10 FREE Mobile Media Center Pro licences for 20 March 2007
Detailed info of this product is following:
http://www.symbiangear.com/product.html?pid=8827,8828,115971
Since you are using the forum to promote your business (related as it may be) I hope you are ready for some criticism.
Your survey doesn't cover this so I'll post it here.
1) How secure is this application? You open up access to peoples PCs over the internet and I assume you use login + password (not just the URL) but do you encrypt traffic etc? I found no mention of this on your site.
2) 30 euro is a pretty steep price for an app that does about half of what other free solutions offer in this filed. Take LogMeIn for example - it gives you full control or Orb for video streaming.
3) Continuing the previous it seems that your app only allows delivery of content but not actually managing it on the PC or uploading it back to PC.
(or did I miss something)
All in all I have to say its not a bad idea but 'undercooked' and over priced in my opinion.
Best of luck with your buisness anyway.
Levenum,
Thanks for your response. We are open for all criticism, it is exactly the purpose of this survey (and not the implied promotion, which is nice ).
In response to your questions:
1. If so desired you can use a login & password combination. Your login name is related to your IMEI number. You can set up a four digit pin code as password. We do not send out the URLs to other people. If you would like to share your files we send out copies by email.
All traffic is secured.
2. We take your advice into consideration.
3. We are working on a new website which provides visitors with more information. Just one question. What do you exactly mean by 'managing it on the PC'? Delete, move, print and more of these options or something else altogether?
Yes, moving / deleting / renaming files and generally organizing your media on the PC by remote is what I meant.
Also lets say I just recorded a video clip or taken a picture with my phones camera, can I use your app to upload it to my PC? (This would be useful for people traveling as they can not sync the device and might run out of storage space)
levenum said:
Yes, moving / deleting / renaming files and generally organizing your media on the PC by remote is what I meant.
Also lets say I just recorded a video clip or taken a picture with my phones camera, can I use your app to upload it to my PC? (This would be useful for people traveling as they can not sync the device and might run out of storage space)
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Hi, Levenum
Mobile Media Center currently does not support uploading files from mobile devices, I think we will come up a solution very soon.
24access said:
I just issued 10 FREE Mobile Media Center Pro licences for 20 March 2007
Detailed info of this product is following:
http://www.symbiangear.com/product.html?pid=8827,8828,115971
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It sounds like a nice offer, but why they are asking for my phone serial number? somehow I really don't feel safe to give the number away.
IMEI Number is used for issuing licenses, meaning, this software can be legally used on your mobile phone.
24access, it would be nice if you can give the technical details on how this works. From what I've read, it seems that you install a software onto the PC, which act as a 'backdoor'/server which gives you/MMC access to the file contents. So, it seems like
"My PC" ---> "MMC Center" ---> "My phone"
As what I can see, there are 2 possible 'holes'. One is at "My PC", which some one may able to have the MMC-software-installed-on-MyPC security compromised. And, another one would be at your "MMC Center" which seems to be collecting files from all over the place, and possibly be compromised credit card center?
I would understand that it is in user's convenience NOT to have software installed on their phone. However, it is also in user's consideration on the possibility that this "MMC Center" may have access to all their file contents. And at the final end of the process, since there are no software required on the phone, what sort of secure line are you using? SSL via HTTPS?
ANYWAY, sorry for being a bored. It's a job thing, as being a computer science guy, we have these natural ability to find things which most users won't probably even consider (e.g. the unsecure emails people use everyday).
And yes, people won't be very happy giving out their IMEI number. You might want to try another method.
First post. I need help.
If this is the wrong place to post this would you give me an idea where.
When installing applications from "The Market" I am faced with "This application has access to the following:" sometimes it includes all or some of these.
Phone calls
Storage
Your Location
Your messages
Network communication
Your personal information
Services that cost you money
System tools
I can understand why some of these may be necessary, but I am not feeling too secure with some of them. The reason I started thinking like this is, on my last cell phone invoice there were 3 long distance calls to a number in French speaking Quebec, Canada. I live in English speaking Canada. I did a reverse look up , got the name attached to the phone number but the person could not speak English. I cannot speak French. I called my Cel phone Co and explained this. I was informed that it was 100% that the call was made using my Sim card. My cell is never unattended nor would I lend it to anyone.
1. Is it possible that giving access to the above list of conditions would allow someone to use my cell # to make calls.
2. If I don't like some of the conditions I have to tap cancel therefor am unable to download the application.
Could someone explain why a developer or why the market needs access to this information.
3. Is it possible to download applications without giving access to for eg. Phone State, Your personal information
Thank you
Jim
is it even possible ? thanx
thanx guys, the basic function is just not possible. Iphone is in the same boat after 4 generations, so don't expected too soon also.
i saw an answer from microsoft on their forum saying something like there is need for an 3rd party application, if someone will develope it. It is not blocked like apple iphone. maybe there is hope.
Hello EMaini, welcome to the Windows Phone forums!
I have never had a Samsung before, so I'm not familiar with this functionality. What you're describing would have to be made into an App, as Microsoft would not likely block entire ranges of calls (e.g. only allow those on the white-list, block all others, etc).
So it would most likely take a 3rd party (like Samsung) to make it. You can check in the Samsung Marketplace ("Samsung Zone") on occasion to see if they update their inventory to include such an application in the future.
On a side note: You may wish to contact Samsung thru alternate avenues to let them know you appreciated that functionality, otherwise they may not know that end-users are interested in such an application.
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coremi said:
i saw an answer from microsoft on their forum saying something like there is need for an 3rd party application, if someone will develope it. It is not blocked like apple iphone. maybe there is hope.
Hello EMaini, welcome to the Windows Phone forums!
I have never had a Samsung before, so I'm not familiar with this functionality. What you're describing would have to be made into an App, as Microsoft would not likely block entire ranges of calls (e.g. only allow those on the white-list, block all others, etc).
So it would most likely take a 3rd party (like Samsung) to make it. You can check in the Samsung Marketplace ("Samsung Zone") on occasion to see if they update their inventory to include such an application in the future.
On a side note: You may wish to contact Samsung thru alternate avenues to let them know you appreciated that functionality, otherwise they may not know that end-users are interested in such an application.
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Microsof MVP - Windows Phone,
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Product Reviewer, Blogger, and Mobile Enthusiast In My Mobile World
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I don't think it is possible until MS opens up the api's to 3rd party developers. If 3rd party apps can't even access your contacts, I don't see how they can access things like caller id.
nrfitchett4 said:
I don't think it is possible until MS opens up the api's to 3rd party developers. If 3rd party apps can't even access your contacts, I don't see how they can access things like caller id.
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OEMs have the capabilities. Normal developers don't. For example, LG's DLNA streaming app, this isn't something a normal developer could make, but it's available on all LG Windows Phones.
It's not possible, contact your operator
6.5 had several programs like Magical that did a great job, when I got my HD7 I asked if they had it on the WP7 roadmap and they said no. They don't have low level APIs and they are sticking with Android and RIM.
Man, I want this too. Magicall was brilliant. Surely this can't be a hard one to make for the second party developers. Hasn't anyone managed to gain access to those parts of the API yet? Will they be available in Mango?
It's plain stupid for a smart phone not to have this feature
WP7 doesn't have that function yet as part of the operating system, though I've come across some non-smartphones which has this feature.
This function is most likely tied to your network operator, not to your phone. Check your network operator if they offer "Block Numbers" option. As far as I know vodafone AU and NZ offers number blocking to stop text bullying and threats. This feature should be available worldwide.
Since contacts can be accessed in Mango, hope the APIs support blacklist as well...
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There's a list of 10.000 Finnish telemarketing numbers freely available to be used in a call blocker. When i had an Android phone i used an app called 'Enidroid' that used this list so that when an incoming call was identified as a number included in the list the phone went silent. I would so like to have a similar one in WP7 also!
work-around!
This tip doesn't get rid of the calls, but it does help you to identify them.
When I get an unwanted call, I add it to my address book with the name "Ignore". When they call again my phone displays "Ignore" as the caller. Use "Link" to link them all together and keep your address book uncluttered.
I remember back in the WM6.5 days there was this lil app named "Bouncer" or "Phone Bouncer" that use send those unwanted calls directly to voice mail. I wonder is it avilable for WP?
It's more wise to contact Samsung for this as they can do this if there is enough interest for it. They can develop an app and there.
On AT&T you can sign up for call blocking. I didnt' want to do that So I am using the magikmail. It lets you setup a lot of stuff. You can't block the number but after you ignore the call it will go to voicemail and you can give them a specific message or not allow voicemail.
I do like that idea of ignore that someone suggested. There for awhile I was getting called for someone's bad debt. Same number for two different people.
But is there any solution if operator doesn't support call blocking???
I couldn't get this to work for me (att) but this is from eHow:
To Block a Number From Calling You
1) Press *60 on your phone and listen carefully to the announcement. It will tell you whether your service is on or off.
2) Press 3 to turn this service on (or off), then press 1 to hear the numbers that are on your blocked list, if any.
3) Press #01# (pound 01 pound) to add the last number that called you to the list.
4) Press # (pound) to add a new number to your list. The voice instructions will tell you to enter the area code and number, and then press # (pound) again.
5) Press * (star) to remove a number from your list. Voice instructions will then tell you to enter the area code and number, and then press # (pound.)
6) Press 0 (zero) to hear all of the voice instructions again.
7) Deactivate selective number rejection by following Steps 1 and 2.
Unfortunly I have recently lost one of my beloved gadgets, and after that situation I came up with this idea. I presents you an anti-thef system. I don't have the technical skills to develop it, neither I have the time, that's why I decided to post it here and if you consider this idea viable, may some of you want to involve in this tiny project with me
The idea:
Motivations: Most people don’t think about recovering their gadgets until they lose them. There are plenty of applications in Google Play dedicated to this purpose, however they are useless in most of the circumstances, specially if we attend to the fact that except in some exceptions, these apps don’t survive a factory reset
Idea: I propose to develop a system with wide acceptance among developers which in a transparent way for users allows them to gather information if their gadgets have been lost. This system would activate after downloading an application using this technology. This application would gather information about the gadget (permanent data such serial number of IMEI and volatile data such email address or phone number) and send it to a database usable only by the gadget's owner
Design: The system would have two parts:
An API - This API must be extremely simple and it could be integrated in all the applications in Google Play without efforts. The more wide accepted it is, the more effective the system will be. That’s why in my opinion this should be developed by a community like this in order to achieve a great acceptance quickly
The code will run the first time the application is executed. In that moment it gathers all the required information and it is sent to the database
A Web Service - The web service basically is a data base with two user interfaces - One interface designed to receive the data sent by the application - and another interface designed to return the information of a given gadget identified by its serial number. I have been wondering how to verified the ownership of an user, and I there are several ways, however it's an open discussion subject
Advantages of the system:
It’s totally transparent for the user
It’s a reset-proofing system, because as soon as the “new user” downloads a “marked” application, the database will receive helpful information in order to get the gadget returned to the real owner
It has more chances than the traditional applications to have the “thief” triggering events which runs the code
With a minimum cost we can offer something new to the market
Let’s see an example
A nice guy with a new gadget (let’s say a new phone), he downloads some applications, most of them marked with this system. In this situation the database collect the information of this new phone and indexes it using its serial number.
Few days later this nice guy forget his phone in a plane and the person who finds it forces a factory reset. As soon as the phone downloads one application the database stores the new information. Five minutes later our nice guy connects to the web site and discovers the name and the phone number of the person using his phone. They get in touch and the phone is returned to our nice guy
pls take a look @ ceberusapp.com . hope this is what u looking for.
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just add an app to /system which want the user to insert a code every 10 minutes when screen is on. after 3 wrong tries device will make wuiuiiiui and run away, hum?
Example: Chuck Norris have a new Phone. He Never Loose it. End.
Example 2: Justin Bieber have a new Phone. He loose it. Haters Destroy it and don't download applications. End.
Example 3: Jader132245324239 has got Xperia arc S and loose it. Jader13254 Find it and reflash Software and remove SIM. Jader1322u45324u239 will not Find it. End.
What Do You Think About?? If The User Wipe the Device & Reflash Software + Removed SIM, there would be no way to remember the Owner..
Cerberus is nice, in fact I use Cerberus on my mobile phone, however it has the problem I mentioned, it depends on the user to install it, and most users won't install anything because they don't even think in losing its mobile.
The system I proposed doesn't depend on the user, it automatically gathers the permanent information (for instance the serial number) and sends it to a database.
The main advantage of this system is that the thief, even after wiping the telephone, will probably download an application and then database will have information about this person.
What do you think?
Not a development thread - moved to General.
Smartphone lost or stolen is a "nightmare" of many people, because you not only lost a device attached to you but also lost Important data contained on it.*If you are using a smartphone running Android, then you don't worry about loosing it because there are some solutions to find it again if you lost your Android smartphone.*
*Using the smartphone location feature built into Android*Google has built into its Android platform the "Find My Device" feature, allowing users to determine the location of smartphone, lock or delete all data on smartphones running Android platform in case your phone is lost or lost.This phone search feature by default will be activated when users log into their email account when activating and using Android-powered smartphones for the first time.*To ensure the device search feature has been activated on your smartphone (or tablet), go to the settings section of the smartphone, then select "Google -> Security" from the menu that appears.
Next, click on "Find device" and make sure this feature is enabled.*Also some Android phones doesn't have it, instead it has "Security and location", then select "Find device" from the list that appears to check whether this feature is enabled on your device.Some smartphone vendors such as Samsung also have their own device specific features to locate the device, but users can activate and use the built-in Google location feature on Android. enough.*
In case your smartphone is lost or lost and you need to determine the location of the device, you can access the website to locate the smartphone provided by Google.Next log in to the email account you used to log in and declare on your Android smartphone.*After logging in, you will be redirected to the website that displays the list of smartphones that you have used this email address to log in from before.*In case it is possible to determine the current location of a stolen smartphone, users should not arbitrarily find the location determined to reclaim the smartphone, but should seek help from the authorities or find a way to contact to redeem the phone to avoid any potential scandals or disputes.
This is what I do if I lost my Android smartphone. But I hope you guys may have better solution than this. If so, let me know.
I think you can also go to police, since each phone has installed tracking device (I really don't remember its name). Police can easily track modern phones. I just hope you have a box left from it.
AmTom12 said:
I think you can also go to police, since each phone has installed tracking device (I really don't remember its name). Police can easily track modern phones. I just hope you have a box left from it.
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well i thought that only for the movies because in my country the police can't do anything when someone reported that his/her phone was lost