Front camera spying on you?

Recently i have noticed something suspicious with my smartphone.The camera app has been opening itselfwhen the phone is not in
use.The other day,i was at the field and happened to  give an impromptu check  on my phone. To my surprise, found the camera preview
on.Damn!I mean this is suspicious 'cause this is not the first time.One question that crossed my
mind was ,could someone be spying on me?And what cemented my suspicions was the fact
each time this happened the camera switched from the rear to front.How that happened i'm still trying to figure out.

  Well,i went on a research spree on the internet and found out i was not the only one.Others android users have also been experiencing the
same issue.Then this article happened.I was on my  research then came across this article
by Patrick Howell O'Neill on dailydot.com.It
stated ;

According to researcher Syzmon
Sidor, your smartphone camera can
spy on you without so much as a
notification to tip you off. The spy
app, which doesn’t even show up in
the phone’s list of installed
applications, can then send photos
over the Internet Is someone hijacking my android camera??The researcher then proceeded
to ( ..READ MORE ..)
 

How is the spy app installed without the owner noticing?Well this could happened over Wifi. In this case i'm referring to unsecured wifi which lets a third party see your communication with your laptop or smartphone.A malicious hacker can inject codes of the spy app into a 'clean' Google app from the play store.In the event you
are downloading the app,you also download the injected spy app attached to the clean app.
 

When its the turn to install,the codes of the spy app get' runned' and just like that the spy app is disguised in your phone. You can read on the •Google play,browser flaw that could expose android devices to remote code execution: What does this mean for the android user ?

This clearly exposes a flaw in the android camera.This is inexcusable .The fact that Android is tricked into
believing a legitimate preview is
running shocks me.This leaves me with the question of privacy breach.Come to think of it the camera spy app(invisible) can breach your privacy and go as far as recording your every activity and your videos might be uploaded to the youtube or used in blackmail plots by the black hat. If someone can hack an android camera by installing a spy app without the owner identifying the app then its time to 'run'.I just hope Google will fix this flaw.

  

    

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