{"id":16395,"date":"2024-10-30T14:38:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T13:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/30\/is-your-smartphone-being-tracked-heres-how-to-tell\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T14:38:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T13:38:51","slug":"is-your-smartphone-being-tracked-heres-how-to-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/30\/is-your-smartphone-being-tracked-heres-how-to-tell\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your smartphone being tracked? Here\u2019s how to tell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An expert in digital forensics and family violence says surveillance by spyware is rare \u2013 more often it happens via everyday features such as location sharing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We\u2019re looking for apps I don\u2019t remember downloading, and which platforms can access my smartphone\u2019s camera or microphone; who else can see my calendar, my notes, my emails.<\/p>\n<p>We also check the basics: whether my device is actually registered to my name and email address, and whether I have two-factor authentication turned on.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s breaking news email<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2024\/oct\/31\/is-your-smartphone-being-tracked-heres-how-to-tell\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/80fb8205122bf25a53bae481444d42f6dc5e0f7a\/0_400_5500_3300\/master\/5500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=3f78214ad0fd72117449816d9896bf50\" title=\"Is your smartphone being tracked? Here\u2019s how to tell\" \/>An expert in digital forensics and family violence says surveillance by spyware is rare \u2013 more often it happens via everyday features such as location sharing<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re looking for apps I don\u2019t remember downloading, and which platforms can access my smartphone\u2019s camera or microphone; who else can see my calendar, my notes, my emails.<br \/>\nWe also check the basics: whether my device is actually registered to my name and email address, and whether I have two-factor authentication turned on.<br \/>\nSign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s breaking news email Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An expert in digital forensics and family violence says surveillance by spyware is rare \u2013 more often it happens via everyday features such as location sharing Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast We\u2019re looking for apps I don\u2019t remember downloading, and which platforms can access my smartphone\u2019s camera or microphone; &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/30\/is-your-smartphone-being-tracked-heres-how-to-tell\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is your smartphone being tracked? Here\u2019s how to tell<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16395"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}