AndroidLost: remote control of a lost smartphone
No one is immune from the loss of a mobile device, which is valuable not only for its own value, but also for the information it contains.
In this article I will describe the functionality of the program, which I have been using for two years now on two of my Android devices.
The reason for writing this article was the comment of the habrauser Kapustos in the article. Symantec employees lost 50 mobile phones. Did not find? . He asked for advice on software whose functionality is similar to that described in the article. Details under habrakat.
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AndroidLost is a program with a simple interface (more precisely, even practically without it), it is managed through its own web service . The program does not require root privileges, and for its operation it requests the rights of the device administrator:
To work with the program does not require registration. After installation on the smartphone, the google-key of the device is sent to the server and then it receives commands from the server via Google Push, which is a positive thing in terms of power saving of the device and reliability of the data exchange channel.
On the AndroidLost.com website, authorization takes place via the Google API using the account of the monitored device.
This is how the management interface looks like:
In the upper right corner is a drop-down menu with a choice of device, if your account is not one.
The Controls section contains tools for remote control, grouped into subsections. Consider the most interesting features.
Alarm
Turns on the screen and siren at maximum volume for a specified time. Even if the phone is in silent mode. It sounds very loud and very unpleasant.
Vibrate
Vibration for a specified time.
GPS
Sends current phone coordinates tied to GoogleMaps.
If the GPS-module is disabled, the coordinates calculated by means of the cellular network will come. But the GPS module can be enabled remotely in the appropriate section on the site.
Here is an example of determining the coordinates with GPS off:
The error was 50 meters.
Phone Status
Returns information about the phone:
Message popup
Turns on the screen and shows the message:
SMS inbox and sent
Shows 10/20/50 last SMS messages:
Boot message
Each time the phone loads, it shows our message.
Overlay message
Permanently shows a red font message over all.
To disconnect, you need to send a blank line, but after this operation I left a red "space" on the screen. So be careful with this feature.
UPD: limon_spb got a glitch with a "space":
and reported that after half an hour the glitch self-destructed
Package display
This function hides the AndroidLost program from the list of installed applications.
Lock phone
Allows you to lock the smartphone with a PIN code. If the smartphone is in use when the command is executed, the screen will turn off and when you try to turn it on, a PIN code request will appear:
Erase sd card
Deletes the contents of the memory card.
Wipe phone
Resets the smartphone to factory settings.
Text to speech
Sends text to the smartphone, which will be spoken by voice via the TTS engine. Caution: a untrained attacker can have a heart attack.
Call list
Shows the last 20 call log entries:
Sound Recording
Writes sound from a microphone. If the selected duration does not exceed 2 minutes, you can listen directly from the server.
If it exceeds, then the file is saved to the SD card and from there it can be downloaded via the Content Browser (premium service function)
Front Camera and Rear Camera
Returns pictures from the front or from the back camera:
There is a possibility of remote control via SMS and notification of a SIM card change. To receive a notification, you must specify the phone number on which the SMS will go in the Settings menu.
Attention! I did not test the SMS functions myself. In the comments on the Market met complaints that the program takes money for SMS. Honestly, I was always skeptical of comments on the Market, but did not check. On AndroidLost.com did not find any mention of this.
For the year of use on two devices, the program did not cause any complaints. Although the functionality was alarming and I initially regularly did nandroid backup.
In this article I will describe the functionality of the program, which I have been using for two years now on two of my Android devices.
The reason for writing this article was the comment of the habrauser Kapustos in the article. Symantec employees lost 50 mobile phones. Did not find? . He asked for advice on software whose functionality is similar to that described in the article. Details under habrakat.
')
AndroidLost is a program with a simple interface (more precisely, even practically without it), it is managed through its own web service . The program does not require root privileges, and for its operation it requests the rights of the device administrator:
To work with the program does not require registration. After installation on the smartphone, the google-key of the device is sent to the server and then it receives commands from the server via Google Push, which is a positive thing in terms of power saving of the device and reliability of the data exchange channel.
On the AndroidLost.com website, authorization takes place via the Google API using the account of the monitored device.
This is how the management interface looks like:
In the upper right corner is a drop-down menu with a choice of device, if your account is not one.
The Controls section contains tools for remote control, grouped into subsections. Consider the most interesting features.
Alarm
Turns on the screen and siren at maximum volume for a specified time. Even if the phone is in silent mode. It sounds very loud and very unpleasant.
Vibrate
Vibration for a specified time.
GPS
Sends current phone coordinates tied to GoogleMaps.
If the GPS-module is disabled, the coordinates calculated by means of the cellular network will come. But the GPS module can be enabled remotely in the appropriate section on the site.
Here is an example of determining the coordinates with GPS off:
The error was 50 meters.
Phone Status
Returns information about the phone:
Message popup
Turns on the screen and shows the message:
SMS inbox and sent
Shows 10/20/50 last SMS messages:
Boot message
Each time the phone loads, it shows our message.
Overlay message
Permanently shows a red font message over all.
To disconnect, you need to send a blank line, but after this operation I left a red "space" on the screen. So be careful with this feature.
UPD: limon_spb got a glitch with a "space":
and reported that after half an hour the glitch self-destructed
Package display
This function hides the AndroidLost program from the list of installed applications.
Lock phone
Allows you to lock the smartphone with a PIN code. If the smartphone is in use when the command is executed, the screen will turn off and when you try to turn it on, a PIN code request will appear:
Erase sd card
Deletes the contents of the memory card.
Wipe phone
Resets the smartphone to factory settings.
Text to speech
Sends text to the smartphone, which will be spoken by voice via the TTS engine. Caution: a untrained attacker can have a heart attack.
Call list
Shows the last 20 call log entries:
Sound Recording
Writes sound from a microphone. If the selected duration does not exceed 2 minutes, you can listen directly from the server.
If it exceeds, then the file is saved to the SD card and from there it can be downloaded via the Content Browser (premium service function)
Front Camera and Rear Camera
Returns pictures from the front or from the back camera:
There is a possibility of remote control via SMS and notification of a SIM card change. To receive a notification, you must specify the phone number on which the SMS will go in the Settings menu.
Attention! I did not test the SMS functions myself. In the comments on the Market met complaints that the program takes money for SMS. Honestly, I was always skeptical of comments on the Market, but did not check. On AndroidLost.com did not find any mention of this.
For the year of use on two devices, the program did not cause any complaints. Although the functionality was alarming and I initially regularly did nandroid backup.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/140172/
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