FaceTime—What does this mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um, people here are crazy. It could also just be that she wanted to show her friend some photos or a video and shared her phone screen that way.

Screen sharing does not require that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Very bad. It means she let another person take total control of the phone - she gave full consent to someone else who is remote. It could have spyware. It could be taking pictures or recording audio without her knowledge.

Go to settings to Privacy & Security, clear all permissions, and put phone in lock-down.

Ok, I did all of that and everything looks normal. She doesn’t have social media or anything like that. What am I looking for that could be spyware?

there is an incredibly low chance that there is spyware. don't let these people scare you. I am older than your daughter so I know that she is most likely playing single-player games on her phone with her friend (or something of the sort). people are claiming that it could be malware, but there is a zero percent chance your daughter got malware on her phone unknowingly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why everyone is jumping to malware. These two are the same age and they know each other in real life? It sounds like two kids just playing around with the functionality of their devices.

+1. What if they are just playing games?Don’t jump to the conclusion they are doing something bad. If you are really that worried, talk to your kid and ask what’s going on.

+2. I would not be especially worried about something “bad” going on. Talk to your DD about the reasons not to do this. Afterward, possibly still take it to the Apple Store and ask them anyway and describe the situation, asking them to take a look. Just in case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: Very bad. It means she let another person take total control of the phone - she gave full consent to someone else who is remote. It could have spyware. It could be taking pictures or recording audio without her knowledge.

Go to settings to Privacy & Security, clear all permissions, and put phone in lock-down.

Ok, I did all of that and everything looks normal. She doesn’t have social media or anything like that. What am I looking for that could be spyware?

there is an incredibly low chance that there is spyware. don't let these people scare you. I am older than your daughter so I know that she is most likely playing single-player games on her phone with her friend (or something of the sort). people are claiming that it could be malware, but there is a zero percent chance your daughter got malware on her phone unknowingly.

NP. It's this - the game playing. Talk to your DD and disallow this in the future. But this is what it was. So deep breath. Jeez people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why everyone is jumping to malware. These two are the same age and they know each other in real life? It sounds like two kids just playing around with the functionality of their devices.

This is what I think too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why everyone is jumping to malware. These two are the same age and they know each other in real life? It sounds like two kids just playing around with the functionality of their devices.

This is what I think too.

Seriously, ha! Y'all think an 11 year old is a cyber terrorist? My 9 year old niece likes to do this when we facetime family because she thinks it's neat.

Also, a phone is not a PC; a phone is not very likely to become infected with malware.

[Anonymous]

What did she say when you asked her?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What did she say when you asked her?

I'm curious too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Also, a phone is not a PC; a phone is not very likely to become infected with malware.

This is so untrue.