I think my Blackberry smartphone is BUGGED!

[stealth2K]

Its called a "SpyPhone", you install custom firmware on the phone, get 2 phone numbers on it, and when you call one number, the phone doesnt ring or light the LED up, it simply turns on the speaker phone/webcam and allows a hacker to watch and listen wherever the phone may be.

Spyphones are getting better and better. Dont buy a phone from anyone you cant trust

 

[exploziv]

http://www.flexispy.com/spyphone-features-compare.htm

 

[cocktail frank]

this happened to my cousin when he got his blackberry.
the record feature was turned on right out the box.
he was wondering for weeks why his battery didnt hold a charge.
came to find out that he had 72 hrs of recorded sessions.
all in a row.
he just shut the record feature off and the charge holds for a few days now.
but yeah, heard me talking to him about some friends and i having a "hash off"
i been calling him Narc ever since, LOL

 

[BuddahLova]

A friend of mine had a blackberry smart phone that would take pictures just buy tapping the phone. If he would put it on the counter, picture, put it in his pocket, picture. It ended up just being some setting that was inadvertently activated while he was tinkering with it the day he had purchased it.

 

[Lazyman]

My BB has been making some weird beeps and screeches lately, thought it was bugged but apparently the latest OS for the BB's is causing that. Might be something similar on your phone? Did you upgrade the software lately?

 

[123123123]

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I am forced to remove all my posts
you are being watched by the authorities if you dont already know

 

[zeppelindood]

there is no fucking way that this is happening as a coincidence.

I wouldn't say shit on any type phone.

 

[TroubleGuy]

Here's that Yahoo question, as you can see nobody answered. http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:X5CUHeMXGr8J:answers.yahoo.com/question/index%3Fqid%3D20100129190315AAkjNxd+%22My+Blackberry+Tour+records+me+at+random+throughout+the+day+%22&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Whoever said them being stored on the phone is no problem doesn't understand cellular technology OR what's been going on with major cell carriers and the gov't intelligence community.

Your phone can send data without you knowing but one way to ALWAYS know if your phone is sending data while you're not using it is to set it next to speakers with volume up a little... You'll hear the wireless signal through the speakers, if you hear it once or twice an hour it's probably just refreshing it's connection to the towers. If it's constant, your phone is sending or receiving data. Record of the data transmission can be erased/withheld by the carrier. It's very simple and all done if requested by law enforcement - "IF" they have a court order.

It could just as easily be poorly written software on the phone. It's like making a program on the computer - simple mistakes cmake strange shit happen.

As far as carriers and the gov't, google AT&T and NSA, or go to wired.com and read the "Thread Level" blog entries about it. The government probably has rooms just like the one at AT&T with every carrier and it wouldn't surprise me a bit.

My advice? "Getting a new phone would be good, cancelling that whole line and getting a new number along with that new phone even better. Pay an early termination fee if you have to. It could be nothing, or it could be something...better safe than sorry.

 

[TroubleGuy]

Now here's something weird... every google result I found except this one when I googled that question is now a website dedicated to "win a free ipod" ads. Then again they look like spam sites just based on the URLs...

See for yourselves.. http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=%22My+Blackberry+Tour+records+me+at+random+throughout+the+day+%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&fp=a73b11f867dbecea

 

[zeppelindood]

The government probably has rooms just like the one at AT&T with every carrier and it wouldn't surprise me a bit.

Trust me TG, they do... but the analysis software is miles (k) ahead of ATT.

 

[TroubleGuy]

Its called a "SpyPhone", you install custom firmware on the phone, get 2 phone numbers on it, and when you call one number, the phone doesnt ring or light the LED up, it simply turns on the speaker phone/webcam and allows a hacker to watch and listen wherever the phone may be.

Spyphones are getting better and better. Dont buy a phone from anyone you cant trust

That's a great point, if your phone was a replacement for your old one it probably went through the carrier's "insurance" provider. Those phones aren't new, they're refurbished, sometimes they don't even get checked beyond powering on and a "test" call. If the customer notices other problems they get another replacement from insurance at no cost.

Those phones come from two places: "in store" displays models that didn't sell and phones people bought and returned within their 30 day return period. So there IS that possibility that someone put custom firmware on it...

Trust me TG, they do... but the analysis software is miles (k) ahead of ATT.

NSA has some crazy shit man, both hardware and software. Rumor is they brought in their own equipment too, so who knows what's sitting in that room...

 

[LiLWaynE]

send your number and I will tell you what agency it is

[email protected]

yeah sure man, I TRUST YOU SO MUCH
here's my number. (225) 389-4801

 

[BigTop]

So, what's the deal... did you have the phone analyzed for spyware?!?


The link exploziv gave for flexispy is spot on...

If someone simply had access to your phone + a laptop, they could download this type of spyware... this or it's got a peculiar glitch...?


What's the skinny/update? ... kinda curious to see if the spyware came up or not...

 

[Bazarocka]

I was gonna put a couple links,,,,, instead.
"Google" Hack Your Friends cell phone~~~`````~~~~OOoopppppppps did I let the cat out of the bag. Electronically ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

 

[LiLWaynE]

So, what's the deal... did you have the phone analyzed for spyware?!?


The link exploziv gave for flexispy is spot on...

If someone simply had access to your phone + a laptop, they could download this type of spyware... this or it's got a peculiar glitch...?


What's the skinny/update? ... kinda curious to see if the spyware came up or not...

well, heres what I did...

i had recently installed software on my bb called "buddyguard"....

heres the description of the FREE software. (THE FACT THAT IT WAS FREE REALLY MADE ME WONDER)...

Protect your BlackBerry® and your personal data!
** This is a free Beta release, with more functionality coming!
Ever lost, misplaced or had your BlackBerry® stolen? Ever considered what personal information is easily accessible to anyone who happens to pick up your phone?
Now you can protect yourself and your data with BuddyGuard, the new application for securing your BlackBerry®.
BuddyGuard allows you to remotely access and control your BlackBerry® using commands sent by SMS or email messages. With BuddyGuard you can lock your BlackBerry®, retrieve its GPS location or play a tone to help find a misplaced device, or even wipe your personal data if your phone is unrecoverable.
Key Features:
* ALERT: Assists in finding a misplaced phone by playing a tone, even if the phone is in silent or vibrate-only mode. Secures your phone by locking it and displaying your contact information.
* LOCK: Prevents unauthorized access by locking your phone and displaying your contact information. Will stay locked until you enter your password, even if your BlackBerry® is rebooted! Protects your data without deleting it.
* LOCATE: Uses the BlackBerry®'s GPS and sends you a link to the mapped location of your device.
* LIST: Emails you a listing of the data on your BlackBerry®. Allows you to test and verify what a Wipe will do without actually deleting your data.
* WIPE: Remotely wipes your personal data from your BlackBerry® to prevent unauthorized persons from accessing it. Removes Calendar, Contacts, Emails, Phone Logs, Memos, Tasks and Files on your SD Card and in Device Memory.
* HELP: Remotely receive a listing of the available commands. Useful when you've forgotten the set of supported commands.
** NOTE ** For a detailed description of the supported commands and how to use BuddyGuard, visit http://www.terramobility.com/m/bg/help/.
BuddyGuard supports all trackball, trackpad and touch screen BlackBerry® smartphones running OS 4.2.1 and higher.

The program is extremely excellent, and I really wondered why it was free. After i started having the issues with the voice recorder, I immediately deleted this app off my phone. Since I have deleted it, I have had 0 problems with recordings. I even went as far as emailing the developer of that buddy guard app and I told him everything that had happened... still waiting for a reply? I really don't know how it could be from that app, but ANYTHING can happen. The wife and I were thinking that thats why they offer this app for free, is because they want to see what people are talking about! I know thats a pretty off the wall theory, but it is just that, a theory - probably not much truth to it.... but YOU NEVER KNOW. This technology is all new, and I am no technology WIZ KID - kinda like the rest of the general population (which is all the more reason why i think these guys think that they can pull one over....) who knows though.. many other people installed the program and have not had the problem, so perhaps I am just an isolated incident...

 

[B. Friendly]

So this is a true story, very trippy:
after being suspected of a large barn opp, for a couple weeks to a month aftre some weird shit happened. First as the bust happened a text from my phone to a buddy on the property was stated to say ''stay indoors''. I did not sent the text but it had my number on it.
Then as me and a girl friend travelled to the seattle from vancouver we noticed a tail. This was an unmarked car and when i noticed it, in a few minutes my girls phone started recording our conversation, weird. We found out later that day. This phone was a flip phone that was closed and in her purse, strange.
Then as we were coming back across the border canada I checked my text messages. In minutes we had 2 helicopters that followed us home.
Now this was a large opp that was busted, I found by the police just before the busted the place leaving, a detective pulled me over 2 blocks away. The guy who was busted with all the trimmers was already up for MJ cultivation...
But these events where weird.

 

[Euphrates]

BuddyGuard allows you to remotely access and control your BlackBerry® using commands sent by SMS or email messages.

Similar to a patch, if you have this kind of access to this phone, from an out side source, so does someone else.

That is scary. I've heard of businessmen or what have you not, remove the batteries from their cell phones when talking about important stuff.

 

[TroubleGuy]

BuddyGuard allows you to remotely access and control your BlackBerry® using commands sent by SMS or email messages.

Similar to a patch, if you have this kind of access to this phone, from an out side source, so does someone else.

That is scary. I've heard of businessmen or what have you not, remove the batteries from their cell phones when talking about important stuff.

If it allows remote access it could easily be used by someone else. One mistake in the coding can create a virtual backdoor into your phone for anyone who knows how to find it.

Businessmen who do that are smart; if the feds can listen through your phones microphone - even if the phone is off! - so can anyone else who knows enough about cellular technology. Anyone who thinks they might be "targetted" by someone (LEO, business competition, extortionists, a pissed off ex, etc) through their phone would be wise to take out the battery when they're talking about sensitive issues.

 

[LiLWaynE]

and the problem is solved

anytime i see someone talkin on a phone like that, i KNOW they are dealin....

 

[freeride high]

if they wanted to listen, they would and you would have no idea. theres no way that kind of sloppy work would happen at that level of security.