Does Truecaller hack your phone?

Reports are emerging online that Truecaller, a mobile application which allows cellphone users to trace callers’ ID and location in exchange for allowing the app access to their phone directories, has been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), a hacktivist group.

Can Truecaller hack?

Update: TrueCaller has confirmed that their website was being hacked. However, it claims that TrueCaller does not store passwords, credit card information, or any other sensitive information. It has denied has that attackers were able to access TrueCaller user’s Facebook, Twitter, or any other social media passwords.

Can I get someone’s number from Truecaller?

Just type in the name of the person you wish to search the number of, and Truecaller will show you results from its database. However, you need to upgrade to the paid version of the app to get this information. Similarly, you can also search for numbers using email IDs.

Is Truecaller trusted?

Originally Answered: How safe is Truecaller? Truecaller is firmly committed to the security and protection of personal information of Users. Its’ totally safe and even they do care about their users. Regularly, Truecaller update Privacy Policy.

Why should we uninstall TrueCaller?

On November 24, 2017, the Indian Army had issued an advisory to its personnel to uninstall truecaller from their phones immediately. Indian Army said that it suspects truecaller being a spyware and malware app which can compromise the privacy and data of army personnel.

How did Truecaller get hacked?

Actually Truecaller was hackedby the group named as Syrian electronic army. They were able to steal 7 databases which had access tokens of millions of facebook, twitter, linkedin and gmail accounts. Using which they could post on the profiles of users and access the information they wanted without them noticing it.

Is Truecaller a good app to use?

Truecaller is doing great job, but it is just privacy risk for almost all users. And most importantly it is getting data of users and they don’t even know that. It is best app for some users while for others it is threat to their privacy.

Can I unlist my phone number from Truecaller?

Yes, if you have your number listed on Truecaller, you can simply un-listit. There are some suggestions from readers which I would like to share with you all here in post. Truecaller also lets its users know when a person in their contact list has picked his phone and unlocked it. There certainly is a privacy concern here.