Turn your phone off every night for five minutes, Australian PM tells residents
www.theguardian.com
Experts back Anthony Albanese’s cybersecurity advice, saying forcibly closing apps could stop criminals from monitoring users or collecting data

Interesting to hear such things discussed at that level. Turning it off is suggested to get rid of compromised background processes that might be spying on users. Obviously, this only help against malware that isn’t permanently installed on a phone.

  • vegivamp@feddit.nlEnglish
    44·
    2 years ago

    As if any spyware worth it’s salt didn’t install itself as service with an innocuous name. Something like “Facebook” or “TikTok”.

    • Artanis@feddit.itEnglish
      12·
      2 years ago

      undefined> Something like “Facebook” or “TikTok”.

      I wouldn’t call those innocuous at all, lol.

    • marco@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
      8·
      2 years ago

      That was my initial reaction too, but I believe there is also a good amount of attacks that use 0-day exploits and might not have an angle for permanence yet.