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Someone opened my phone (feddit.de)

submitted 9 months ago by Dislodge3233@feddit.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I'm running Graphene on a Pixel 6. I lost it and someone opened it somehow and called two of my contacts to give it back.

I'm a bit confused how this even happened. When I got the phone back, they were going through my contacts. I checked app usage stats and they went through a banking app (not missing money), maps, signal, etc.

Is there a way to figure out how they even unlocked my phone?

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[–] thrawn@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes but I’ve never seen anyone watch a video in the process. But I was more wondering about the logistics I suppose, like whether the audio is played out loud or in earphones, and how it can be kept playing while set down and lost.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You've never picked up your phone and had it already unlocked? Maybe the YouTube app was open but the video was paused?

[–] thrawn@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Honestly no, I think I reflexively lock it though. I also figured the app would let the screen turn off if paused, but if it doesn’t that makes more sense