Spyware on my Android??

Hello,

The activities seem legitimate to me. I will explain what they correspond to.

"com.hihonor.android.launcher" is the app launcher - it's your home screen. You access it several times a day to launch any application.

"DeskClock" refers to the widget displaying the time on the home screen.

"com.hihonor.photos" is the phone's gallery. Whenever you want to view your photos or videos, you go through this application.

"com.hihonor.systemmanager" is the phone's system manager. It generally runs in the background and helps optimize the phone and battery, clean the cache, and even check for malicious applications. Even though it operates in the background, it can still appear in the Google history.

For the other activities, like the camera and microphone, there is likely a connection with applications that you use, which require this access, such as messaging apps (WhatsApp for example) or when you take a photo or record a video. To check the permissions granted to the apps, go to Settings > Applications > Permission Manager.

If you are the only one with access to your phone, and that person has not made you install an application, I don't think there is any suspicious activity. Moreover, monitoring someone's phone without their knowledge is illegal and punishable by law.

Rest assured, for those mentioned, they are all system applications. It is actually normal for them to launch in succession. The main reason is that one application may depend on another to offer its functionalities.

In our case, every time you turn on your phone, you see your home screen ("com.hihonor.android.launcher"). Then, it will automatically launch other activities that it needs. However, this may also depend on the apps and functions you launch, which is why it is not always the same activities that appear in succession.

Even when you are not using your phone at all, applications continue to update and operate in the background, so it is perfectly normal for them to show up in the activity history.

If these apps have started appearing in the history recently, there are several possible explanations. Either you just activated the Activity on the Web and in apps option in your Google history, or the Honor apps incorporate Google functions (following an update), which means they are now counted in the history, or your phone was not properly synced with Google, which is why they did not appear until now.

Finally, to ensure that there is no doubt about possible surveillance of your phone, I recommend reviewing the installed applications (Settings > Apps) as well as the accounts that are currently connected (Settings > Accounts & users). And also check the devices that have access to your Google account.

So I think it's good for the apps, but if you have any doubts about a particular app, let me know if you want me to check it.

The name FNE-NX9 corresponds to your Honor 70. It is normal to have multiple sessions even if it's the same and only device. Google has explained how sessions work:

"Sometimes sessions may appear instead of devices. A session corresponds to the period during which you are signed in to your Google account from a browser, app, or service on the device. Multiple sessions can be active on the same device.

Another session can be created on the device:

• When you sign in on a new device
• When you re-enter your password to confirm your identity
• When you sign in on a new browser, a new app, or a new service
• When you allow an app to access your account data
• When you sign in in a private browsing window

For your safety, the page displays each session. It allows you to review the details and log out if you are not sure you initiated it."

Thank you for your response.

What I find surprising is that I look at my photo gallery, open my apps, etc. dozens of times a day. Yet these activities only show up a few times at most. And they all appear in the history, at the same minute. It always starts with "com.hihonor.android.launcher" and then there’s the camera, the desk clock, the microphone... sometimes "file manager," "collectcenter," and others.

All these things follow one another in the history and appear at the same minute every time. I've noticed that sometimes the display times in the history corresponded to times when I was sleeping... Is it possible that these activities open in the background even when I’m not using my phone?

I also wonder why this "hihonor etc." started in October when nothing at all was in the history before; could there be a technical explanation?

Thank you again for your help.

Thank you for your explanations.

In the list of my applications, I see applications that I don't recognize but that seem to be Honor applications.

However, something troubles me even more in the list of connected devices; there are 8 sessions on Android: one with the Honor 70 and 7 sessions FNE-NX9, which is apparently another name for the Honor 70. These sessions are located in Paris, where I reside. They are constantly marked as new, or connected an hour ago, connected two hours ago... and when I close one, another one is created immediately.

Do you know what this could correspond to?

I think it's fine for the applications. Do you think it's possible for this person to monitor my WhatsApp without leaving traces? I don't see any other devices than mine in the connected devices, but several elements/coincidences lead me to believe that they could have read some conversations a few months ago.

In order for a third party to spy on your WhatsApp messages, they must link your account to another device (which will appear in "Connected Devices"), or they can simply open your chats and read them directly. But this requires physical access to your phone.

This is why it is important to set a passcode on your phone to protect your data from intruders.

If you have set a code and are only using the official WhatsApp app, that should be sufficient for you.