Your Phone is Communicating Constantly – Usually Without Your Knowledge

Liron Segev produces yet another interesting video by using a factory reset, “virgin” phone and monitoring it’s communications after adding just a few apps to the default apps. He even takes extra steps to disable any tracking or analytics and does not initially sign into Google. He does not connect to a mobile network. The results are very concerning from a privacy standpoint, battery-use standpoint and covert-activity standpoint.

Segev shows very conclusively that your smart phone is in constant communication with third-parties while you are unaware that anything is going on. When you hear the phrase: “your phone is spying on you,” it may understate the degree to which this is happening. Is your phone also listening to every word you say or taking in everything your camera is pointed at while you are unaware?

Almost nobody takes the time to read through the terms of service and there is a lot of small print. This is a brilliant experiment and well worth watching.

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