Possible spying through remote access

Hello,


I have reason to believe someone may have been spying on me though remote access. I have exhausted all steps to ensure remote access is impossible now, but if someone in the past did in fact have access, would their user accounts still appear under remote sharing/management in system preferences? Even after a software update? If they were to illegally enter my home and delete said accounts, is there any possible way at all to see all past user accounts that have had access to my iMac?


I also found sshd-keygen-wrapper under full disc access, unticked. After some reading, I found the following:


As far as access by the secure shell is concerned, Macs are in one of three states:

  • never accessed, and sshd-keygen-wrapper is absent from the Full Disk Access list;
  • accessed and permission granted, with sshd-keygen-wrapper listed and ticked;
  • accessed and permission now stopped, with sshd-keygen-wrapperlisted but not ticked.


Does this mean someone has in fact accessed my iMac? Would they need to be using the same wi-fi network? Sorry, I'm not very tech-savvy but have genuine concerns because of a stalker. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

iMac 27″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Apr 22, 2021 5:36 AM

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Apr 22, 2021 9:05 AM in response to throwaway3

You will need to change all the passwords on the computer, either that or you will need to take the computer to your local Apple Authorized Service Provider, explain the problem and ask them to do an erase and install and they can help you. AASP Locator. The latter is my recommendation. You also need to change your locks and notify the police about the intruder!!!!!!


BTW, when posting we are not clairvoyant so you MUST tell us the whole story, you omitted " I have a stalker who stole my spare key and, unbeknownst to me, has been entering my house and messing with my iMac. "

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