is it possible to have a remote user on your iphone if you never set on up?

19Split47 has the right idea for a good starting point especially if someone had physical access to your device. If your decide has Cydia or appears to be jail broken, it's safe to assume you are 100% compromised. See also Cellebrite https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellebrite and Fin Fisher for NSA/FBI grade surveillance tools. But that's not all- apple itself provides a few very worrisome back doors to your IDevices as well! Research iOS port 62078 & com.apple.pcapd or simply read this article http://m.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/21/ios_firmware_contains_packet_sniffer_and_h ost_of_secret_spying_tools/ if you really want to start losing more sleep at night.

In addition, bad guys can get in by hacking your home network router if it hasn't been properly secured (by changing the default login to the generic router setup page or not using Wpa2 eas wifi security protocols, etc (see http://hackersdontwin.com/?cat=139). Ditto if your laptop, desktop, printer or really ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICE that is not properly secured or that contains a security hole or weakness (and there is not a device in the world that DOESN'T), your entire network and everything attached to it can be accessed. That is the reality of the connected world we live in. Even newer cars these days are coming with factory installed internet access, and yes they can and already have been hacked fairly easily and remotely (without ever being anywhere near the vehicle in the physical sense of the word). Personally, I have tried to learn to accept these realities as circumstances which are far beyond my ability to control them for the most part. So I take reasonable precautions to try to mitigate the risks, but I don't obsess over it nearly as much anymore because it is a losing proposition and a sanity and life-sucker if you allow it to be!!!

But having said all of that, here are a few links for those of you who may prefer to press on in a quest for a better understanding of the situation at hand:

Demystifying iOS Crash Logs- http://www.raywenderlich.com/23704/demystifying-ios-application-crash-logs

iOS Developer Library- https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/navigation/index.html?filter=bonjour

Acronym Definitions- http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc-style-guide/abbrev.expansion.txt

I wish you to best of luck but remember, the best way to beat these people at their own game is to live a happy and fulfilling life DESPITE their ridiculously invasive attacks and actions!

I too have been having the same problems. I have come to find out that my phone is being monitored and my data undergoing "lawful intercept" and everything I do is being routed through the department of defense network information center in Columbus Ohio

Rebkawhy wrote:

I too have been having the same problems. I have come to find out that my phone is being monitored and my data undergoing "lawful intercept" and everything I do is being routed through the department of defense network information center in Columbus Ohio

Your issue is well beyond the scope of what anyone in this forum can do to assist you. Consult an attorney.

Thanks for the response! Any suggestions as to who might be able to help me? I reached out to the ALCU, this was their response:

Dear Ms. xxxxxxxx

Unfortunately, the ACLU Foundation of Kansas will be unable to assist you with this matter. We are a private, non-profit organization with limited staff and other resources; therefore, we must be very selective in the cases we pursue. We do not have anyone on staff with the expertise to handle cases involving allegedly covert electronic surveillance; therefore, your case does not meet our selection criteria at this time.

We wish you the best in reaching a satisfactory resolution of your concerns.

Legal Department

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Kansas

Where are you learning that this is a "lawful intercept"? You could always check with the US Attorney's office for your district, and see if they can answer. A lawful intercept requires a judges order, so there has to have been one in that area if this is actually a truthful statement that it is a lawful intercept. Again, I would be curious as to where you learned this information.

Rebkawhy wrote:

Thanks for the response! Any suggestions as to who might be able to help me?

Go to the yellow pages under Attorney. Or, your local legal aid. Or your family attorney.

Then like Meg, I suggest you contact an attorney, if you do not wish to contact the US Attorney as I indicated before. But this is not something for the public forum.

The information you gave is just flat out wrong. There are those that work for Apple that scan these forums on an infrequent basis, and furthermore, it doesn't take an Apple employee to parse a crash report and know what it means, either.

Stay sane my friend.

Don't worry my friend, I know exactly what I am talking about.

I found getting a great data plan and use my data instead of wifi Apple has been able to catch most all bugs. I was hacked by someone making up a online account to get full access of my information. I went to a ATT corporate store told them of the fraud. They had me so locked out and control of my own phone I was at their mercy. Which was scary because of location services, iCloud account, I was so blocked and just switched to a iPhone I was lost. But ATT FIXED IT! Took off my online access and blocked that plus put a new SIM card in and walla, they were out of there. Of course I have turned off all my location services except a few and have 3 different Apple ID but all 3 devices are sinked and basically it's worth the money for the data! If I use wifi I make sure I use one search engine and clear my data immediately!

Just a FYI. I do have the new I phone 7 and use my fingerprint to access just about everything!

OH my god me too. We should talk off this forum. Ive been going crazy trying to figure out why im being tracked! **** please contact me when possible, my name is mick

0317 wrote:

Is there a program or anything you suggest to remove the unauthorized remote super user?

Restore your phone as new, not from back up.

My email is *******, if anyone wants to discuss elsewhere
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You have just put yourself at serious personal risk by posting your email address in this public forum. Now millions of people can see it, and not all of them are kind and honest.

Does anyone have a solution?