Can someone remotely monitor an iphone

Can your iPhone be remotely monitored by just knowing your phone number?

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Posted on Aug 16, 2022 11:50 PM

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Posted on Aug 17, 2022 3:41 AM

There has been quite alot of press and not so much detail about those iPhones

taken into secure hands to try and get personal information from. Those nearly

are impossible, too. ~ Unless someone has jailbroken them w/ their security lax.


And a bit of history across exploits where, teams had tried to access secrets from

the iPhone. Ultimately about the only way for success, to this day, was to get an

insider, someone with inside knowledge; and have them try to crack the security.


Someone in the FBI paid a ton of money, to try. Was someone on the inside, who

finally made the iPhone open; and only because that person knew exactly how.


'End-to-end' encryption still is a valid reality with much of what Apple makes.

Remote?! Not if the built-in security hasn't been tampered with.. a fat chance.


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Aug 17, 2022 3:41 AM in response to billbonet

There has been quite alot of press and not so much detail about those iPhones

taken into secure hands to try and get personal information from. Those nearly

are impossible, too. ~ Unless someone has jailbroken them w/ their security lax.


And a bit of history across exploits where, teams had tried to access secrets from

the iPhone. Ultimately about the only way for success, to this day, was to get an

insider, someone with inside knowledge; and have them try to crack the security.


Someone in the FBI paid a ton of money, to try. Was someone on the inside, who

finally made the iPhone open; and only because that person knew exactly how.


'End-to-end' encryption still is a valid reality with much of what Apple makes.

Remote?! Not if the built-in security hasn't been tampered with.. a fat chance.


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Aug 17, 2022 12:34 AM in response to billbonet

Not likely. If someone calls you that you do not know, be

aware that something may or may not occur. As anyone

that calls like that, is an "unknown caller."


• Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

//support.apple.com/en-us/HT204759


But not necessarily a bad one. Be wary of answering; what

could easily be, an unwanted 'hard to be rid of' imposition.


And the iOS iPhone if kept updated, has protection built in.

While this does not exactly answer your question, it's close.


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Aug 17, 2022 1:31 AM in response to billbonet

There are all sorts of spy apps I see online that claim that they can put a spyware on a iPhone iOS with just knowing your iPhone number and can read texts data and listen to calls and also can hear what is said around your iPhone and I wonder if apples’ software can stop this occurring

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