Dark Web: How personal data is at risk via mobile apps and filters

With the increasing utilization of diverse mobile applications and filters, apprehensions regarding personal data breaches on the Dark Web are concurrently escalating.

Anchorperson Iqrar-ul-Hassan has emphasized the role of the dark web in the exploitation of users’ cellphone data. He disclosed the methods by which applications obtain access to personal photos and exploit them malevolently.

Iqrar urged users to meticulously regulate their camera and gallery usage, asserting that the absence of inappropriate material on the device substantially reduces the possibility of its misuse.

He cautioned that the threat of a significant data breach, encompassing sensitive personal information, is constant and might occur at any moment.

Iqrar-ul-Hassan addressed the escalating threat of deepfake technology, elucidating how ordinary photographs from users’ devices might be altered into damning movies.

The journalist disclosed concerning facts, indicating that of 1,000 daily assistance requests, 980 pertain to mobile phone abuse, especially regarding films utilized for extortion.

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He stated that 98% of such situations pertain to women, many of whom are eager to salvage their lives from devastation. He noted that men are increasingly becoming victims of similar schemes.

Iqrar emphasized concerns regarding loan applications, which have resulted in considerable distress despite interventions by the State Bank of Pakistan. The experienced anchorperson clarified how call centers using strategies to intimidate borrowers and their families might result in horrible consequences, including suicides.

Furthermore, he highlighted the unlawful commerce of identification card reproductions and WhatsApp numbers. Fraudsters employ sophisticated instruments, such as silicone pads to duplicate thumbprints, for banking fraud, inflicting significant harm on the financial system.