How to know what you watch via a smartphone

Safety is paramount. With the help of short codes you can learn about the phone settings and to understand how secure your SMS and data, not whether someone behind you.

The website gathered in one article the most useful and up to date codes for modern smartphones, as well as a few instructions for those who are afraid of surveillance.







This piece of code, you can know whether you have call forwarding, SMS and other data. The screen will show the status for different types of forwarding and the number to which the transfer data. Typically, such forwarding configure jealous spouses and parents to protect the child from spam and criminals. Often the victims are elderly people who loaned the phone to a stranger for one call. In the end, outsiders can learn all about the place of residence, social circle, habits and routines, and in some cases will have access to the financial means of the victim.







Enter below to find out where forwarded calls, SMS and data if you cannot get through. Most likely, you have enabled forwarding of voice calls to one of the rooms of your mobile operator (voice mail).







The universal code to deactivate all types of forwarding from your phone. It is convenient to use before you are in roaming then you will not be billed for calls that are by default transferred to voice mail.







With this code you can know the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identifier), an international mobile equipment identity. Knowing the ID number of your smartphone, you can find it if the phone is stolen. It's automatically transmitted by the apparatus in the operator's network when connected even if the phone is a different SIM card. If someone knows your IMEI, people can know what is your smartphone: model, specifications, etc.













There are special codes that you can use to track your location and to determine whether someone you. On your phone a must have utility netmonitor. Enter one of the codes:

for iPhone: *3001#12345#*
for Android: *#*#4636#*#* or*#*#197328640#*#*

Step 1. Go to the tab UMTS Cell Environment, then switch to UMTS RR info and record all the values of the Cell ID. Airport base stations are close to each other. The phone will connect by default to the one that gives him a better signal.

Step 2. Return to the main menu, go to the tab MM info, then Serving PLMN. The recorded values of the Local Area Code (LAC).

Step 3. Using these two values, and the usual site (fourth tab from the left) you can specify the location on the map of the base station is connected to your phone.

Suspicion should cause mobile base station Trucks or vans with a huge antenna. Usually they work at festivals, as well as in areas where cellular network coverage no. If there's no reason such a car appeared nearby, maybe the operator wants to improve the quality of the signal or somewhere near you are operating foreign spies. Maybe talking about industrial espionage?







If you use Android, periodically check the phone for viruses. PlaceRaider is one of the most dangerous. Developed by us scientists, it showed how vulnerable our devices. Once in the phone, this Trojan with the camera takes a series of photos of the surrounding space, creates a 3D model of the room, then when connected to the Internet forwards the data collected, adding to them all the passwords and data from your smartphone.

• National secret service in almost all countries cooperate with mobile operators, which provide them with access to any subscriber to the court and transmit data at least for the last 3 months.
• If the phone is tapped from the secret service, you probably won't even notice it. The stories about interference when talking, fast battery drain, heating of the battery and a sudden restart phone is only a reason to give it in for repair.
• People are not so informative in communicating on the phone, so eavesdropping is much easier to use in areas of special devices ("bugs") that can be detected by a detector of radio waves.

• Use instant messaging, access to which is closed to all, such as Telegram, Chare, Wickr or Signal.
• Determine what information is safe to spread in open access. Should all know your phone number to have access to information about your family, loved ones and way of life. Be careful posting pictures of children.
• Do not install on the phone is unfamiliar, control your applications, use wherever possible, multi-level identification, don't click on the malicious links, and suspicious do not connect to the cables for "free" charging.
• Only the mobile operator can offer a service to track the location of caller: a family member, friend or employee. Only with the consent of the subscriber (if he is of legal age). Sites and apps that offer to identify the location of any subscriber, is a fraud. Be careful!

Materials pikabu.ru, droidgeek.ru


See also
These secret codes will give access to hidden functions of the phone
7 features of your phone, which you still do not use
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