10 Tips To Avoid Leaked Phone Conversation

10 Tips To Avoid Leaked Phone Conversation

Every word spoken on a phone today can be intercepted, tapped, recorded, and leaked to the public.

Our smartphones store sensitive data, track our location, and perform other digital functions.

Section 37 of the Nigerian Constitution protects the privacy of Nigerian citizens, their homes, correspondence, phone conversations, and telegraphic communications.

While the constitution does not specify how Nigerians’ privacy should be protected, it is best to obtain permission from all participants before recording phone calls and conversations.

The Lawful Interceptions of Communications Regulations, 2019, a supplement to the Nigerian Communications Act 2003, were published in 2019 by the Nigerian Communications Commission.

The regulations grant law enforcement agencies the authority to intercept communications provided by communication licensees (communications companies). The authorized agencies must first obtain a warrant from a judge.

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Phone conversations are intended to be private and confidential, but conversations and information on phones can be used to monitor, stalk, or control people. If you suspect that your phone is being monitored, trust your instincts.

Politicians are among the most visible targets of espionage and blackmail.

Recently, a leaked audio sparked outrage on social media. An alleged phone conversation between Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, and David Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, was made public.

Obi allegedly asked Oyedepo in the alleged audio clip to help him spread his message to Christians in the South-west and parts of North-central Nigeria, describing the 2023 election as a “religious war.”

While the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has denied allegations of phone hacking and tracking, it is now critical for users to be aware of their conversations.

Here are few tips on how to ensure your phone conversation does not get leaked:

1. Always be aware of strange behavior when using phones and applications as they can indicate that it has suffered some type of attack and your data may be at risk.

2. Applications such as Whatsapp and Telegram exhibit some malfunction. For example, be aware of the following behaviors: the application asks you to re-login frequently, conversations with unknown people, messages disappear for no reason, appearing or being viewed without your knowledge.

3. Enable the two-step verification option in your applications and perhaps your mobile device.

4. Lock your cell phone screen so that it is not easy for anyone to access it.

5. Avoid keeping sensitive data on your smartphone, including personal photos, documents and other items whose loss causes major inconvenience;

6. Do not store files with access credentials (login and password) from banks and other applications on your cell phone, use specific tools for this purpose;

7. Be very careful with public Wifi networks. It is possible that they have security flaws that make it possible to intercept the data that travels through it (in these cases, choose to use your data plan).

8. Do not respond to unknown numbers and suspicious messages. In some cases, it is enough for you to answer for the criminal to have access to your data;

9. Pay attention to “social engineering”, a very common term nowadays. Avoid passing on data to unknown people who make contact with you via cell phone and also avoid exposing too much information about yourself and your routine on social networks.

10. Be vigilant about spyware, use secure messaging and calling apps, and avoid discussing sensitive information on public phone lines. And most importantly, remember that in today’s digital age, privacy is important.

Credit: The Nation

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