{"id":173116,"date":"2023-08-31T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/?p=173116"},"modified":"2024-06-11T09:39:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T16:39:04","slug":"secret-selfies-can-phones-take-pictures-and-videos-of-you-without-your-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/internet-security\/secret-selfies-can-phones-take-pictures-and-videos-of-you-without-your-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Selfies: Can Phones Take Pictures and Videos of You Without Your Knowledge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It\u2019s a longstanding question: can your phone really take selfies without your knowledge?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The answer is yes, but with a pretty big asterisk next to it. And that asterisk is known as spyware. Spyware can use your phone for snooping in several ways, including using your camera to take pictures and videos.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">What exactly is spyware? It\u2019s any software or app that steals information from a device and passes it to another party without the victim\u2019s knowledge. And here\u2019s the tricky part\u2014you might have installed it yourself, right from an app store. In other words, you can end up with spyware without a hacker installing it on your phone via a malicious download or link.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fortunately, you can avoid spyware rather easily.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">How do phones take pictures and videos without your knowledge?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">First off, it helps to know how spyware can take over your phone\u2019s camera.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It comes down to permissions. Apps require permissions to do things like access your contacts, photo library, microphone, and camera. For example, a social media app will ask for permission to access your camera if you want to snap a pic and post it online. A messaging app might ask for access to your camera and microphone to send video and voice messages. Likewise, a navigation or rideshare app will ask for permission to access your phone\u2019s location services. Depending on your specific settings, your app might ask for permissions each time you use it, or you might give an app blanket permissions the first time you use it.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Effectively, permissions make apps go. Yet some apps cross the line. They ask for invasive permissions that they absolutely don\u2019t need to function. A classic example is the glut of old flashlight apps that asked for permission to access things like contact lists and cameras. With those permissions, bad actors stole all manner of personal information. In some cases, they used the phone\u2019s camera and microphone to spy on their victims.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">That old \u201cflashlight app\u201d ruse continues today. You\u2019ll occasionally see <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/technology\/news\/story\/beware-android-users-some-google-play-store-apps-are-infected-with-spyware-uninstall-them-right-now-2395792-2023-06-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">reports<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> of spyware cropping up in app stores. This spyware hides in plain sight by masquerading as legitimate apps\u2014like document readers, chat apps, wallpaper apps, and even security software. But these apps are all bogus.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">App stores have anti-spyware measure in place, yet bad apps can still slip through.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Google Play does its part to keep its virtual shelves free of malware-laden apps with a thorough submission process as\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/security.googleblog.com\/2021\/04\/how-we-fought-bad-apps-and-developers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">reported by Google<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fand through its App Defense Alliance that shares intelligence across a network of partners, of which we\u2019re a proud member. Further, users also have the option of running\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/googleplay\/answer\/2812853?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Play Protect<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202fto check apps for safety before they\u2019re downloaded.\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Apple\u2019s App Store has its own rigorous submission process for submitting apps. Likewise, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2022\/06\/app-store-stopped-nearly-one-point-five-billion-in-fraudulent-transactions-in-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Apple deletes hundreds of thousands of malicious apps<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> from its store each year.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yet, bad actors find ways to sneak malware into the store. Sometimes they upload an app that\u2019s initially clean and then push the malware to users as part of an update. Other times, they\u2019ll embed the malicious code so that it only triggers <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">after<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> it\u2019s run in certain countries. They will also encrypt\u202fmalicious\u202fcode in the app that they submit, which can make it difficult for reviewers to sniff out.\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Unique to Android phones, Android gives people the option to download apps from third-party app stores. These stores <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">might<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> or <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">might<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> not have a thorough app submission process in place. As a result, they can be far less secure than Google Play. Moreover, some third-party app stores are fronts for organized cybercrime gangs, built specifically to distribute malware, making third-party <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">downloads<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> that much riskier.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a longstanding question: can your phone really take selfies without your knowledge?\u00a0 The answer is yes, but with a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1407,"featured_media":173194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10661,1838],"tags":[214],"coauthors":[15735],"class_list":["post-173116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet-security","category-mobile-security","tag-mobile-security1"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Secret Selfies: Can Phones Take Pictures and Videos of You Without Your Knowledge? 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