Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Somebody/something, ie not me, has drafted a text on a message thread on my mobile.


This is a bit disconcerting to say the least. It doesn't make sense, but has words and phrases in which could have been picked up from texts I've sent in the past.


Am trying to contact Orange (soon to be RIP) but they're "receiving a very high number of calls, blah blah blah".


Can anybody shed any light? I'm worried somebody could be somehow making calls from my number as well, even though I have the phone in front of me ..... :(


Is this a more widespread problem?

Link to comment
https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/43576-hacked-mobile/
Share on other sites

It said "All of music so tonight why that's so raven call of duty yes send to play not not certain the book of a plane"


:)) :)) :))


And no I couldn't have typed it myself in some trance or something, as it appeared whilst the mobile was in my office charging overnight.....


the "music" and "raven" (used to be a band, changed their name) could have been in texts I sent, but deffo not "call of duty" :))

Sue, the text looks to me more like the pseudo-English strings generated and used, among other things, to fool spam detectors. In earlier days they were used in psycholinguistics experiments on meaningfulness. Have a look at, say, http://agiliq.com/blog/2009/06/generating-pseudo-random-text-with-markov-chains-u/, for examples.


I don't know exactly what's been published where in your case, but it sounds quite possibly to be just common, maybe 'random', mischief making. Maybe not unlike the Bot messages that appear on the forum sometimes. Interesting though.

StraferJack Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> another possibility

>

> the voice recognition was switched on in a room

> with other people/radio/tv and tried to make sense

> of what it heard


xxxxxx


I can assure you I have been nowhere where "call of duty" may have been mentioned, and in any case I was asleep in another room :))

Bluerevolution Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Have you downloaded an anti-virus app ? I use AVG,

> very good and FREE


xxxxxxx


No, didn't even know I needed an anti-virus app on a phone! Didn't know they could get viruses!


Will try AVG, had it on my laptop at one time but it ended up causing problems with another programme, can't remember what now.

the-e-dealer Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Its android viruses not so prevalent. I think its

> a memory leak bit of the phone message buffer

> leaking in to the drafts buffer.


xxxxxx


Blimey :))


Can I expect these weird texts to continue then? Let's hope I don't press "send" by mistake or some recipients may be in for a shock :))

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Latest Discussions

    • Why is the name a big of a red flag? Blighty is a common name for the UK whatever people might think.
    • The only election which counts is the General Election.  There is still strong resentment for fourteen year's of Conservative rule. They squeezed the working class's way to hard, then they squeezed the middle class, but somehow the upper class never got touched, funny that.   There is also new resentment for Labour because of the utter balls up they've made of things since coming to power nine months ago. The majority of the population (or at least those with an ounce of common sense) want these clowns out of office ASAP because they see the damage they are doing to UK plc. They squeezed the pensioners, then the farmers and then business. They made and broke promise after promise, or just didn't tell the truth or say what they where going to do, otherwise known as merely lying to get elected. Inflation may be falling but the cost of things in the shops and utility bills keep on rising, the direct opposite of what they promised. They will never be trusted once they are ousted from power in about four and a half years time.   Everything they do and touch causes further harm, led by three stooges, Rayner, Reeves and balls'less Starmer, who couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag. He still thinks he's a solicitor at the DPP. Rather than spending week upon week getting involved in international politics he needs to be sorting out the UK's issues, sadly he's not up to the job and nor are his Cabinet.  Society needs a mix of people with different skills to prosper, not more and more graduates who can't get jobs in what they studied in.   Reform is the current anti establishment party, which will hopefully wither away back to where it came from.  The Liberals and Greens, well what can you say apart from using them as another alternative vote of dissatisfaction, but neither will come to power.  The country seriously needs stability and a Government that stands up for and represents it's people, not what MP's want but what the constituencies want and need.  Government needs to become far more open and transparent, it needs to be seen to be doing its job, doing what MP's are elected to do,  working for the people in the constituencies, getting back to basic principles and rebuilding the trust which has been lost by successive party's immaterial of them being, red, blue, light blue, yellow, green or some other colour.     
    • That’s very insulting! You are basically calling 17 million people that voted to leave the EU ‘thick’.        Brexit happened Sue.  Boring graphs!  Calling Nigel Farage a plastic patriot is also very insulting seeing as he and the Reform Party have had a landslide victory all over England.
    • These charity collectors are often classed as chuggers.  It can be scandalous that the charity/admin may keep a huge percentage of your donations and a tiny percentage is  actually given to the charity.   I can not speak for individual collectors - but it common practice.  
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...