Multiple Americans are saying that someone has gained access to their iPhones While in the YouTube app, she suddenly hears on her phone typing, breathing, her ‘camera on’ indicator is lit up, she says the man was a foreign man speaking and typing Multiple other people have said recently... similar things have happened while in YouTube I’ve looked into this and from what I can find it’s extremely rare, especially for the level of security Apple has For this to work for a hacker to take control of your phone or app - You would have had to have installed a malicious app or clicked a phishing link earlier. Something like a fake “YouTube update” or adult site redirect - Or physical access to your phone at some point to install spyware - Spyware or Remote Access Tool Once inside, the malware could request or silently use your camera and mic permission - It could run in the background and disguising itself as a legitimate process in your phone The “typing, clicking, breathing, man’s voice” she described could be the attacker live-monitoring or testing controls Even if you accidentally got this on your phone, the hacker would still likely be limited Likely saying in YouTube with background access only to your camera and mic while YouTube plays normally Even still, this is extremely creepy and not something you want to happen. This is exactly the type of thing you’d expect from an Indian scammer or something Down click bad links or ever grant permissions to things not trustworthy Luckily likelihood is very low on Apple iPhones with their security and sandboxingshow more

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