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DEF CON bans Meta-style 'pervert glasses' (www.theregister.com)
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[–] kn33@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Eh, it's not that bad

[–] Havatra@lemmy.zip 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Random files appearing in the downloads folder on my phone has only happened once
¯\(ツ)/¯

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Let me guess, it was an iPhone? Someone just used AirDrop and you might've allowed everyone sending you files.

[–] Havatra@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It was Android :-) WiFi, NFC and BT turned off. It was Android 12 I believe, back in 2022.

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Did you use a "supplied" charger while there?

[–] Havatra@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

Nope - aware of juice jackers, so I only used my own cables and adapters (even have a USB condom).

I'm generally pretty security aware, but my only theory of how it landed there is some cellular exploit. Whether it was a crafted MMS, a custom cell site, or something else I don't know.

I did use mobile data for some ubers, but that was off-site.

[–] pulverizedcoccyx@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's actually a bit frightening and the feeling of being violated would linger for a while.

[–] notoftenthat@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

My goodness, your username!?!

I think you might already know...