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> It seems so easy to take full control of phones these days. What? The lady agreed to install and run an app, because someone asked her to do so. She litera
by jjtheblunt 3y ago
> It seems so easy to take full control of phones these days.
What?
The lady agreed to install and run an app, because someone asked her to do so.
She literally handed over control of her phone with its bank account accesses, essentially.
Also, that's an Android phone, which might or might not matter, but i imagine this social engineering (as if) scam would work in general.
In the words of Laocoon, "quidquid id est, timeo danaos et dona ferentes" if i remember.
- izacus 3y agoI think the OP implies that she should not be allowed to control her own phone to the point where she can't do that - more corporate control and more corporate baby sitting.
- yokairider 3y agoActually I was saying more of, one app can just allow a hacker to take control of your phone completely. It’s quite scary especially knowing that the public isnt well-educated on this yet.