Spying on macbook and iphones.

[chikachic]

Dear all,
I am writing in English for my Dutch is below par. I apologise in advance.

I am going through a divorce right now and unfortunately, my husband still lives under the same roof. I have a very strong suspicion he has been spying on me because he is always two steps ahead of me and countering me each time before I can make my move.

I am beginning to think he has hacked into our home wifi system allowing him access to my iphones and macbook: photos, emails and whatsapp messages.

Is this even possible or are these merely my overactive imagination and odd coincidences?

1) What other ways can someone spy on other people's hardware, besides hacking into the wifi system. Maybe the sharing of iCloud previously?

2) What can I do to protect myself from having sensitive divorce information with my lawyer from being spied on?

I was advised to not use the home wifi system completely. Is this drastic?

Thanks for your patience as I am not techno savvy.

Chikachic.

[True]

Encryption, or disabling physical access to your devices is a start. Using only your own accounts for internet 4G/3G mobile subscriptions. Not connecting to his devices.

Edit: To make it a bit more clear:
Use only your own devices, wipe your devices and reinstall them if you don't trust them.
Don't let him get your devices physical or through networking.
Don't use the home network.
Use an VPN on your home network if you really need to use your home network.
Use strong passwords, on all your devices, at least 16 characters long, preferable random generated.
Make new passwords of any passwords he might know.
Make sure to clear all session of devices he might still have access to.
Make sure he can't reset your passwords of applications and such by knowing secret questions.

Get the f*ck out the house and relationship.

[ Voor 255% gewijzigd door True op 01-11-2016 01:15 ]

[chikachic]

Thank you, True, for your reply in the early hours of the morning. I will start working on your points right away.
I will now google the meaning of VPN...
Your last line made me chuckle. I am working on that too!

[Gerco]

If your husband has ever had access to your computer - it can no longer be trusted. Reinstall a fresh copy of the operating system (that's easy to do with the recovery mode on every recent MacBook: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904) to be safe. The mode that preserves your data is easiest to use but may leave some small avenue for infection still open.

To be safe: make a backup of all your data and completely wipe the MacBook. Do not restore from a time machine backup and do not make a new time machine backup to any device in your house. Use a USB drive that only you have control over and never let him get his hands on that drive. Preferably wipe it when you're done with the procedure.

Going forward - enable FileVault before you copy any files to your machine.

After you've taken care of your MacBook, do the same to your phone. There is less of a chance of spyware on a phone but it's not impossible. Make sure to change all your passwords, starting with the email account you use for password recovery of your online accounts.

To summarize:
1. Wipe and reinstall your Macbook
2. Wipe and reinstall your phone
3. Change all your passwords

Do not make the mistake of changing passwords before wiping your machine. If there is a key logger installed - he will have your new password.

[ Voor 25% gewijzigd door Gerco op 01-11-2016 03:32 ]

[Jeroenneman]

Is deze thread niet al tig keer voorbijgekomen?

Volgens mij zelfs in de exacte bewoordingen....

[Qwerty-273]

chikachic schreef op dinsdag 01 november 2016 @ 00:45:
Is this even possible or are these merely my overactive imagination and odd coincidences?

Seeing similar situations (divorces due to break of trust) the same accusations are made frequently. It is easy to suspect a top hacker / or that he/she hired someone for the job, but it could be just as simple to have access to your phone bill and fill in the blanks with his/her imagination.
As already mentioned before, make sure that he does not have access to your accounts, so create new passwords and change your secret questions (the ones you can use to verify you are you) and check if he does not somehow linked the accounts.
As a nice related video YouTube: Real Future What Happens When You Dare Expert Hackers To Hack You Ep...

As you had the same questions basically in Feb this year, just make sure you split finally and then follow the
"sanitizing" options to make sure to clean your systems.

[gielie]

Jeroenneman schreef op dinsdag 01 november 2016 @ 04:04:
Is deze thread niet al tig keer voorbijgekomen?

Volgens mij zelfs in de exacte bewoordingen....

Dit verhaal ken ik ja, kan het even niet vinden maar de bewoording lijkt precies hetzelfde.

[Verwijderd]

gielie schreef op dinsdag 01 november 2016 @ 08:42:
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Dit verhaal ken ik ja, kan het even niet vinden maar de bewoording lijkt precies hetzelfde.

Haar andere topic:
My husband installed a spyware on my Macbook.

Chikachic, I would advise to ask your divorce attorney, take all clues and evidence you have and let him advise you. We can give you all kind of advise, but in the end your attorney is the one that went to school and I'm sure you won't be the first one that is hacked or keylogged during a divorce. Even if he doesn't know how to handle it, he does know who to contact that can.

[Equator]

I'm moving this thread towards Beveiliging & Virussen. This is not an Internet-issue.

[Gadgeteer]

After about 10 months, still in divorce and still living in the same house? I think you got the problem right there. As long as you live under one roof, your husband will have physical access to your devices.

As said by people above, completely wipe your devices. If he has installed any spying software/backdoors, they must be removed instead of only changing your passwords. Evade any connection to devices that are not yours (and that are not wiped to block his access). If that means no more wifi, then use 3G/4G.

First you should get the f*ck out of that house (or get him out). Only then the spying can be stopped.