How to Tell If Your Phone Is Tapped: 7 Warning Signs

How can you tell if your phone is tapped? Like it or not, most of us have grown used to our phones being spied upon—not at least by governments!

Has Your Cell Phone Been Tapped?

There are a few ways to tell if your cell phone has been tapped, notably:

• Battery problems: Is your handset getting too hot? Has your data usage increased? These could be signs that data’s being sent to a third-party. If you use Android, you can at least check data forwarding using codes like *#21*.
• Poor performance: Are you seeing unwanted ads? Have you spotted apps that you can’t remember downloading? Hackers could be interfering with your interface, even changing the appearance of websites.
• Strange messages: If you’ve received odd messages on your smartphone, they’re not necessarily spam. It could be a fault in the spyware that’s letting you see instructions sent from and to hackers. If your phone’s sending odd text messages to contacts too, the malware might be trying to spread to other people’s devices.

Do these signs ring a bell? Here’s how to tell if your cell phone is tapped.

1. Battery Problems

Why does your smartphone get so hot? Using numerous apps and consuming media makes your handset warmer, though not enough to cause damage or shut itself down. Watching videos consumes a greater percentage of your battery than listening to songs or podcasts, for instance. So yes, your battery can be a problem, regardless of whether your phone’s been tapped or not.

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