These days, so many people are incredibly reliant on their smartphones that it’s crucial you keep them safe from any kind of malware or scammers.
Most modern smartphones have security features and upgrades that can help keep you safe from scammers and malicious people, but they can’t protect you from everything. In addition to keeping your phone physically safe, it’s also crucial to keep it safe from hackers who want to steal your precious data. Part of prevention is looking out for red flags, so using information from tech pros, we’re listing two security-related red flags that could indicate your device has been hacked or infiltrated. Read more about them below.
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2. Bumble
Dating apps are one of the most common ways for people to find love or fun dates these days. However, not all of them have your safety in mind. More recently, Bumble made some updates to its app, and they happen to be risky ones.
"Most people assume a dating app's biggest privacy risk is someone seeing your profile," explains cybersecurity expert Rashmi Mandayam. "The real risk is far less visible. Bumble has faced documented complaints for sending personal profile data to OpenAI without explicit user consent and has been pressed by Mozilla and a coalition of privacy organizations to clarify whether it sells sensitive user data, including information belonging to domestic violence survivors and LGBTQ+ users whose safety depends on that data staying private. The intimacy of what dating apps know about you makes them uniquely dangerous when privacy practices are unclear."
2. You Get Fake Malware Notifications
It might sound strange, but one of the ways hackers can infiltrate your account or prove that they've done so already is by sending you fake messages from your provider. These messages are phishing scams that will often 'alert' you that your device is hacked, and send you some kind of link to click on that can collect more data.
"If your iPhone ever claims 'your device has been infected' via a pop-up, IGNORE," warns tech pro Steven Athwal. "This is a scam. Apple does not deliver virus warnings through the webpages of third-party apps. Stay skeptical of urgent warnings, prize draws, only download from reputable places, avoid profile installs, and protect your Apple credentials."
