Can people listen to my conversation if I have an iPhone and I am connected to a network??

Question

So I was having a pretty private conversation with a friend the other night. We both have iphones and we were chatting away and all of a sudden I could hear people laughing but my friend couldn't, I was really freaked out so I hung up. A few minutes later I called back and we were chatting again and the people started talking to me as well. My friend still never heard it. I go to college and my internet is part of a network. When I looked in to it I saw that my phone was connected to the network, is it possible that people were able to hear my conversation because I was connected to my college network?? I thought it might have been that on my network when you connect your ipod to itunes anyone else who has theirs connected can share music, could it be possible that they can listen to my phone conversation that way as well?? I'm really confused and could use some help so my conversation will not be listened to again. Thanks so much!

Answer 1

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Enjoy and good luck

Answer 2

Is it possible you were just hearing it coincidentally through the walls from people laughing in another room?

They cannot listen into your conversations if you are connected to a network, because hacking into a phone through a wireless hotspot (especially a university's) is equivalent to hacking into the Central Intelligence Agency.

The calling part of a phone is on a separate physical chip (GSM radio) than the wi-fi receiver.

In order for someone to listen to your conversations, they would have to first hack your college's network.

Next they would have to find which IP address is your phone (all they would see is a list of a thousand (or however many computers your college has plus laptops plus ipod touch's and plus iphones) IP addresses).

Next they would have to hack into the OS X operating system (keep in mind this is over a Wi-Fi network...and keep in mind that the iPhone uses everything from Mac OS X...which there is not a single virus for...and which has never been hacked over Wi-Fi [not including the Safari hack...that was stupid]). If Mac OS X is nearly impossible to hack, take the completely different (but same) OS X...

Next they'd have to somehow hack into the GSM chip (which I have never heard being done over Wi-Fi...or even being done without a jailbroken phone!)

So in short: No.