Can someone read my text messages?

Yes, it's definitely possible for someone to spy on your text messages and it's certainly something you should be aware of – this is a potential way for a hacker to gain a lot of private information about you – including accessing PIN codes sent by websites used to verify your identity (such as online banking).
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How can you tell if someone is reading your text?

On an Android

First, open your Messages app and navigate to the settings. Depending on your phone model, operating system, and cellular provider, you will notice one of the following: Read Receipts, Send Read Receipts, or Request Receipt. Turn on the applicable option.
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Who can view my text messages?

With SMS, messages you send are not end-to-end encrypted. Your cellular provider can see the contents of messages you send and receive. Those messages are stored on your cellular provider's systems—so, instead of a tech company like Facebook seeing your messages, your cellular provider can see your messages.
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How do I keep my text messages private?

Open the Settings app on your Android device. Choose Apps & notifications > Notifications. Under the Lock Screen setting, choose Notifications on lock screen or On lock screen. Select Don't show notifications.
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Can someone hack my phone and read my texts?

By hacking into or otherwise gaining access to the SS7 system, an attacker can track a person's location based on mobile phone mast triangulation, read their sent and received text messages, and log, record and listen into their phone calls, simply by using their phone number as an identifier.
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Can my spouse get copies of my text messages?

Obtaining a spouse's text messages can ordinarily be done in two ways. One way might be to send a letter to the cell phone carrier, through an attorney, explaining the need to preserve text messages for a divorce case.
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Can you tell if someone is looking at your messenger?

The blue circle with the check next to your message means that your message was sent. A filled-in blue circle next to your message means that your message was delivered. And, when a friend has read your message, a small version of your friend's photo will appear next to your message.
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Can someone else read my messages on Messenger?

The messages are end-to-end encrypted, which means not even Facebook can access them.
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Can someone see how many times you viewed their Facebook profile?

Facebook does not have the ability to track who views a particular person's profile. Nor can any other program provide this functionality; doing so is against Facebook's Terms of Service. However, some applications can track a user's actions, including knowing if they visit a particular website or profile.
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When you search a person on Facebook do they know?

No, Facebook doesn't tell people that you've seen their profile. Third-party apps also can't provide this functionality.
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Are text messages secure?

"When you use the Messages app to send end-to-end encrypted messages, all chats, including their text and any files or media, are encrypted as the data travels between devices," says Google. "Encryption converts data into scrambled text. The unreadable text can only be decoded with a secret key."
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Can my husband see my texts on iCloud?

Sharing an iCloud account with your spouse gives him or her unfettered access to almost any information on your iPhone, including your location, photographs, contacts, and text messages.
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What does a green text mean?

For green messages, the texts that are sent are compatible with a wider range of phones and receiving services than blue iMessage texts. Since Android and other carriers operate within the SMS and MMS standards of text communication, these green texts are more versatile in who they can reach with their texts.
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Can someone on your phone plan see your texts T Mobile?

No, T-Mobile does not store records of your text messages. It is all backed up into your device. What is this? You won't be able to see the contents of the message, and the only thing you can get hold of is the record of the number that texted you and the number you texted.
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Can phone records show text messages?

Cell phone records show the caller's phone number, the duration of the call, the time of the call, and even the location of the phone due to which cell tower the phone was connected to. Cellphone records may also show detailed information about text message conversations.
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Can text messages be deleted permanently?

Deleting Texts From Your Android Phone

You can delete individual texts or conversations within your messaging app. For individual texts, hover over the text you want to delete within the conversation and select the trash can icon in the top right corner to delete.
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Are text messages secure on iPhone?

End-to-end encryption

With watchOS, iOS, and iPadOS, your messages are encrypted on your device so they can't be accessed without your passcode. iMessage and FaceTime are designed so that there's no way for Apple to read your messages when they're in transit between devices.
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How does my wife see my text messages?

The only way she would know text messages is if she is able to look into your phone. If you use ATT messages or number sync, the text is available on another device, but it requires access to the phone to sign up for that service.
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Can someone read my iMessages through iCloud?

You can use Messages in iCloud on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple Watch, and Mac. For your privacy, Messages in iCloud is end-to-end encrypted, which means you can't view or access Messages online via browser.
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Can the government read your text messages?

But what about the messages that are on your phone right now? They may be fair game: recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court and several federal circuit courts suggest that cell phone searches, when performed incident to a lawful arrest, can be reasonable and constitutional under the Fourth Amendment.
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Can someone find out I Googled them?

The short answer to this question is no, they will not be able to tell if you look for them online through a regular Google search. In fact, most of the routine things you do online are not trackable by other ordinary users unless you leave an obvious trail.
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How do you see whos viewed your Facebook profile?

Unfortunately, Facebook doesn't offer a way to see who viewed your profile. Its official policy, included in an answer on its Help page, explicitly states: “No, Facebook doesn't let people track who views their profile.”
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Can someone see that I viewed their Facebook story if we are not friends?

No, you can't tell whether someone has repeatedly viewed your Facebook story or only viewed it once.
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What happens if you stalk someone on Facebook?

Your stalkee will never receive a notification from Facebook that you have seen their profile, what you looked at on their profile, or how much time you spent on their profile; those Facebook apps that claim to show users who have looked at their profiles are pretty much scams.
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