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User profile for user: emma0616
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setting-about-imei???

i don’t see primary all I see is VPN connect to school or work as an option. showing IMEI2

i think someone has hacked my phone.

sometimes i try to use search and it comes up server not found and on another device i have the audio shows it’s connected and controlled by an app which i think is streaming to same hackers device. i don’t have a mac and a lot of times it shows windows mac or virtual vr or oculus.

can someone please help also i cannot connect to home kit devices because it says ask for permission! who do i ask? the hacker? lol

and not sure but as i was about to post this it’s asking which device to use i only have this one and another iphone 7 my son uses????


Posted on Aug 26, 2022 4:36 PM

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User profile for user: SravanKrA
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Posted on Aug 26, 2022 10:13 PM

By hack, if you mean remotely controlling or monitoring your device, then...


Keep the iPhone updated to the latest iOS always and never Jailbreak. That's it.


iOS / iPadOS devices cannot be hacked or infected with Virus / Malware / Spyware if it is updated to the latest iOS/iPadOS unless you have intentionally downloaded spurious software or unauthorized apps directly from the internet and installed them on your device or/and have Jailbroken. 


It (Hacking) also depends on how careful are you in sharing sensitive and valuable information pertaining to your iPhone such as Passcode, Password, etc with your friends and family members.


Be careful when sharing the device's sensitive and valuable information with friends and family members.


Thumb Rules:

  1. Enable  Guided Access before handing over an iPhone to kids
  2. Don't share Apple IDs
  3. Don't Jailbreak
  4. Don't share sensitive information pertaining to your device and payment methods
  5. Beware of Phishing


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User profile for user: SravanKrA
SravanKrA
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Aug 26, 2022 10:13 PM in response to emma0616

By hack, if you mean remotely controlling or monitoring your device, then...


Keep the iPhone updated to the latest iOS always and never Jailbreak. That's it.


iOS / iPadOS devices cannot be hacked or infected with Virus / Malware / Spyware if it is updated to the latest iOS/iPadOS unless you have intentionally downloaded spurious software or unauthorized apps directly from the internet and installed them on your device or/and have Jailbroken. 


It (Hacking) also depends on how careful are you in sharing sensitive and valuable information pertaining to your iPhone such as Passcode, Password, etc with your friends and family members.


Be careful when sharing the device's sensitive and valuable information with friends and family members.


Thumb Rules:

  1. Enable  Guided Access before handing over an iPhone to kids
  2. Don't share Apple IDs
  3. Don't Jailbreak
  4. Don't share sensitive information pertaining to your device and payment methods
  5. Beware of Phishing


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