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Ask HN: Have I been hacked?
tl;dr - Periodically review the apps listed under "Manage Applications" > "All" (Android) to make sure either your carrier or some other third party hasn't added some form of spyware.
I haven't checked the installed apps in a while and did so for the first time in a while today. What I noticed were a lot of apps I didn't recognize including ones with generic sounding names and way more permissions then I'd expect. The two that stood out to me are "Account and Sync Settings" and "Music Visualization Wallpapers". I plan on formatting the phone later today just curious if anyone had insight on these or any of the other ones listed below. I'm really not that much of an app downloader and would NEVER download anything having to do with wallpapers so I'm unclear how this stuff even got on my phone in the first place. The ones marked (CL) I remember being loaded when I first got the phone (carrier loaded) and the ones marked (DL) I definitely downloaded myself.
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- jsp78 14y agoHere is the full app list: Account and Sync Settings (38kb) (CL) Adobe Flash Player 11.1 Android keyboard Android Live Wallpapers Android System (CL) AppPack AttendStar Bluetooth OPP Bluetooth PBAP Bluetooth Serivces Browser Calculator Calendar (google) Calendar Storage (google) Camera Car Home (8kb) Car Home (44kb) Certificate Installer ChargingTest (12kb) Clock com.android.svgplugin com.lge.hiddenmenu com.lge.internal com.lge.model com.lge.omadmclient com.lge.phonetestmode com.lge.util com.logmein.rescue com.logmein.rescuesecurity Contacts Contacts Storage (DL) Cut the Rope Dialer Dialer Storage Download Manager Downloads Drive DRM Protected Content Store (CL) EA Games (DL) Easy Voice Recorder Free Email (DL) Facebook (DL) Firefox FlexProvider Gallery Gmail Google Backup Transport Google Calendar Sync Google Contacts Sync Google Partner Setup Google Play Books Google Play Movies & TV Google Play Music Google Play Services Google Play Store Google Reader Google Search Google Services Framework Google+ HiddenMenu_SDCardTest Home screen tips HTML Viewer Launcher LG Debug (DL) LinkedIn Live Wallpaper Picker LocMgrPD Magic Smoke Wallpapers Maps Market Feedback Agent Market Updater Media Storage (DL) Meetup Messaging Music Music Visualization Wallpaper (Perm: Hardware Controls - Change your audio settings, record audio) (CL) My Account (524kb) (CL) My Account (1.46MB) My Uploads (206kb) Network Location (346kb) News & Weather (704kb) (CL) NFS Shift (648kb) (CL) Nova (4.77MB) OMAP3 Camera Package Access Helper Package installer (DL) Pandora Pico TTS (CL) Polaris Office Power Off (DL) QR Droid Private (DL) Redbox (DL) Runkeeper Search Applications Provider Settings Settings Storage Setup Wizard (DL) Shazam SIM Toolkit (DL) Skype SmartShare (DL) Sound Recorder Status Bar Street View (DL) SwiftKey Swype (CL) T-Mobile TV Talk (CL) TegraZone (CL) TeleNav GPS Navigator (DL) Time Recording TTS Service User Dictionary Video Chat Video Player Voice Dialer Voice Search VPN Services (CL) WI-FI Calling (DL) YouTube (DL) Zillow (DL) Zillow Rentals (CL) Zinio Reader ZSProvider
- shawabawa3 14y agoMost likely thing is probably crapware that came with the phone. Are you sure they weren't installed when you first got it?
- jsp78 14y agoI know for a fact the wallpaper ones were not. The LGE and LogMeIn apps I believe came as part of an "Android" update from the carrier (T-Mobile). Not sure how "Music Visualization Wallpaper" works but seems odd that it would need the ability to record audio.
- allenz 14y agoFWIW I have "Music Visualization Wallpapers" installed as well. Given that it has no network/SMS access I highly doubt that it is anything other than a wallpaper app.