Hi guys, a big Graphene os user from Sydney Australia.
The reason why I'm posting on the forum is because for the last 4 years there's this one individual who I was friends with, got into cyber crime, hacking and scamming people and pretty much this individual targeted me back in late 2020, so pretty much I used to use a Samsung galaxy s9 before and he compromised that phone and random pop ups full of offensive stuff started appearing on my phone and not just that but some of my social media accounts where hacked as well. So that was when I first thrown into this privacy/security journey. Basically a few months later I got a Samsung galaxy s21 and a year later that phone was compromised as well.
After that this problem needed a serious solution so I used a couple of iOS devices to back up my stuff, with the galaxy 21 I factory resetted it but there was nothing important in it at all so I wasn't fussed. 6 months later was when I bought a pixel 6a and installed Graphene os in it and I haven't had any problems at all throughout 2023.
However very recently, I started to get very suspicious scam text messages with scammers pretending to be Medicare (Australian public medical health) sending me messages, very strange because I did call a few medical centres to book in appointments ... It's extremely strange as to how these scammers or hackers know this (when I used my pixel 6a with Graphene os to make these calls) ... And last night I messaged a friend using WhatsApp and later that night I got an international scam number adding me to a stock exchange WhatsApp group. The reason why I find that strange is because that individual who I was friends with is also deeply into stocks as well ... And at this point I'm just a bit concerned now ...
I understand that Graphene os is super secure and I really have a lot of faith in this project but my suspicions and paranoia is really bugging me at this point.
Is there a chance my screen is being monitored through some kind of spyware or malware??
I personally don't know anyone in Sydney who uses Graphene os but it would be really good to even meet up with someone who can audit my phone and help me out.
But more than anything I really need some advice when it comes to dealing with this situation.