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How to know if your phone has spyware: 7 signs and what to do

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0300

You finish a private conversation and minutes later the other person already knows what was said — without you telling them. Or you notice the phone heats up with no app open, that the battery drains faster than usual. This set of signs has a name: spyware. The problem is that these programs are designed to be exactly that — invisible. This guide walks through 7 concrete indicators and the steps to check your Android right now.

How to secure your Android: 8 security settings

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0300

You're on the subway, you unlock your phone with your face, and two minutes later someone rips the handset out of your hand. The thief has an unlocked device — and with it, access to your banking app, your messages, the passwords saved in your browser. Android has features that cut off exactly that path, but most of them ship disabled by default or require manual setup. These 8 settings take less than 15 minutes in total and completely change your device's risk profile.

37 years of the pocket phone: are you freer or more trapped?

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0300

Today, 25 April 2026, the first genuinely portable mobile phone in history turns 37. In 1989, Motorola launched the MicroTAC 9800X — a handset of a little over 300 grams that fitted in a jacket pocket and cost between $2,495 and $3,495. It was the future arriving in the shape of an elegant brick. And it makes me wonder: what exactly did that revolution bring us? Freedom, or a state-of-the-art leash?