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<\/a><\/p>\nIt’s long been understood that hackers and foreign agents can break into laptops and desktop computers, then use a webcam to record its user. What’s less well known is that hackers can access your smartphone in the same way, no matter if you’re using an old and vulnerable version of Android or the latest version of iOS on the iPhone X. You don’t need to be a celebrity to fall victim to this; even a disgruntled partner or colleague can buy spying apps online, install them onto your phone and snoop on you undetected.<\/p>\n
How to protect against smartphone spying<\/h3>\n
On a laptop or desktop, if you don’t often use Skype or Facetime to talk with friends or relatives, then you can get away with a bit of tape over the webcam. That’s the strategy employed by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and former FBI Director James Comey, but it doesn’t work so well on smartphones where you probably use your cameras a lot more often.<\/p>\n
A better approach is the Anti-Hack Cover<\/a>, a simple sliding cover that completely blocks an attacker from seeing through your smartphone. When you want to use your camera, just slide the cover aside and replace it when you’re done.<\/p>\n The slim stainless steel design means that it works with all sorts of iPhone X and other smartphone cases<\/a> and it looks discrete too. You get three in a pack, so you can protect your laptop, your smartphone and your tablet in one fell swoop — or cover up each of the iPhone X’s three cameras.<\/p>\n Of course, your available countermeasures don’t just include\u00a0iPhone X accessories<\/a>. You can also take steps on your phone to protect against intrusion, such as regularly wiping your phone and restoring its default firmware to remove any unwanted additions.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nMore steps to take against would-be hackers<\/h3>\n