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Whatsapp hacked but not sure how

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WhatsGoingOn3 · 22/08/2019 20:19

Apologies if this is long winded but I wondered if anyone else has had this and if they know what I can do to stop it happening.

Over the last few months, I’ve had issues with WhatsApp-somehow various screenshots of sections of conversation between myself and a friend keep being sent to my husband via texts from my phone, these screenshots are never in the photo section of my iPhone but they get sent to him always in photo form and always via text not actually WhatsApp. The screenshots sent are only ever between me and this same friend, never any other contacts and always to my husband. It also seems to be parts of conversation that I don’t necessarily want him to see (nothing bad before anyone jumps in, just things that I’ve been talking through with a close friend) It’s definitely not me sending them and I can’t see how the other person involved could be doing it either.

My phone was also being very weird a few months ago and kept adding this same friend to my find friends app and selecting a photo I have of them as a favourite person within my photo section.
It’s almost like my phone, this friends phone and my husbands phone have somehow kind of linked? Maybe I’m just going mad, I have tried wiping my phone back to factory settings which resolved the photo and find friends issue but the WhatsApp stuff is still happening.

If anyone has got this far with a boring but annoying issue I’d be very grateful!!

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RedCowboyBoots · 22/08/2019 20:22

I think the most likely explanation is that your friend is doing it.

Pogmella · 22/08/2019 20:39

Yeah are the photos looking like you are the sender or recipient? Obv your messages should be on the right

RedCowboyBoots · 22/08/2019 20:42

Could your friend have set up remote access permission on your phone?

Mumsymumphy · 22/08/2019 20:42

If it's sent as a text then your husband should see the sender's number surely?

Mumsymumphy · 22/08/2019 20:43

Ah sorry, just saw that they're coming from your phone. Strange!

1984isnow · 22/08/2019 20:46

Are the texts showing up as sent on your phone?

It could be that someone (your dh or friend) is just physically doing it and then deleting the 'evidence' from your phone.

Scarydinosaurs · 22/08/2019 20:49

Can you check your Apple ID? It all sounds very suss.

How much do you trust this friend?

1984isnow · 22/08/2019 20:50

Also, I know you can get desktop apps for whatsapp, linked to the same number as your phone, so maybe this is how the person is accessing your whatsapp convo. Maybe the same thing is available for text messaging (or an imessage app iphone)

Winterlife · 22/08/2019 20:51

It could be that someone hacked into your google or ICloud account, which often backs up what's on your phone.

Log in and create a password that is a phrase. They are more difficult to hack. If you think it's your phone, save all your contacts, then set your phone to factory restore, and add everything back.

If, after the above, this still occurs, then it definitely is your friend.

1984isnow · 22/08/2019 20:51

Meant imessage app like on iphones

SeaSaltandLime · 22/08/2019 20:55

Are you sure it's not your husband screenshotting the messages then sending them to himself?
He could then delete the pictures from your gallery.

The find friends app, I'm not sure what you mean.

Is your husband trying to keep an eye on you? Or what you're talking about?

SeaSaltandLime · 22/08/2019 20:57

You can also initiate two step verification on iCloud.
It'll send you a code (to your phone, pops up like a notification) every time someone tries to log in.
If it's not you then no one else can log in as they won't have the code.

mindutopia · 22/08/2019 20:57

It sounds like someone has set up remote access to your phone. It sounds more like that would be your husband than your friend.

imaflutteringkite · 22/08/2019 20:58

Sounds to me like it's your DH who is then deleting it from your phone.

walkintheparc · 22/08/2019 20:59

My thoughts were exactly the same as SeaSaltandLime

Your husband got caught and is now going 'ooh how strange you must have been hacked'

Any reason to believe something is going on between them hence trying to figure out where she is? Or perhaps he is suspicious of your relationship?

AnchorDownDeepBreath · 22/08/2019 21:07

It's your husband.

I use the WhatsApp for web interface daily and you have to have your phone very close and connected to the same network. It also frequently asks you scan to reauthorise the computer.

Your husband is reading your messages, screenshotting and sending to himself before deleting from your phone. If he's forgotten about it, they may still be in your "Trash" waiting to properly delete.

SciFiScream · 22/08/2019 21:15

If you've ever used WhatsApp web and left it signed in on the browser that could easily explain it. Actually maybe someone else even signed into WhatsApp web with the phone and is using the browser to do what you describe. I often sign into WhatsApp web to use WhatsApp from my PC.

SciFiScream · 22/08/2019 21:17

WhatsApp web only asks you to reauthenticate if you change IP address (I think) or browser. So if in same computer it'll be fine. Go into WhatsApp on your phone, select settings. See the line for web and log out of all browsers. This might solve the issue?

SciFiScream · 22/08/2019 21:19

Crucially it will also show you the last active date!

Perch · 22/08/2019 21:21

Whatsapp is meant to be famously unhackable, thats why terrorists groups use it and apparently the likes of the CIA has not been able to crack it, that’s what I’ve read anyway.
Has to be your husband.
Does he have a reason to do this?

SciFiScream · 22/08/2019 21:23

The find my friend thing could be because they have shared location with you and you are being asked to reciprocate. Do you have a photo of that person in your contact card anyway? They normally use that. The phone isn't smart enough (yet) to work our people from photos and numbers. I imagine that will come...

Be1atrix · 22/08/2019 23:00

I think it's your husband. Snooping in your phone, finding stuff, sending it to himself, then deleting the photo.

How do you know- has he shown you? times and dates of the message being sent should tell you.

Crunchymum · 22/08/2019 23:13

Want number are the texts to your DH coming from?

Ellapaella · 22/08/2019 23:39

It's got to be your husband. He's taking screen shots of your what's app messages (while reading them on your phone) and then texting them to himself and deleting the messages he's sent from your phone.
What does he say he thinks is going on?

Ellapaella · 22/08/2019 23:45

Go onto your husbands what's app and see what time you were last active - it'll show up if you click on your name. If you hadn't been on at the time it says you were active you'll know it can only have been him.

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