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Consumer Confederation (TÜKONFED) Cyber Security Commission President Muharrem Baki, the earthquake allegedly reportedly increased practices, he said.
Warned against applications
Baki, especially after the earthquake, increased information needs to turn the opportunity to turn the opportunity to turn the fake earthquake developed by the early warning practices developed by malicious people.
Baki, « We need to pay attention to the early information warning systems that may arise after the earthquake. These systems claim that the earthquake warned us that it warns us in seconds or even minutes. he said.
How do applications work?
Describing how the earthquake early warning systems work, Baki said that small tremors can be detected thanks to the accelerator sensors in the phones.
Baki said that the application has transformed millions of devices into a mobile seismic sensor network using these sensors and said that more than one device at the same time detects shaking in the same region, said that this data was transmitted to its servers.
Baki said that the data obtained are compared in a central system, if enough devices in the same region records similar acceleration movements and these shakes are in accordance with the destructive earthquake definition, the application has sent an instant warning to the devices in that region, he said.
Fake applications turn into cyber threats
Fake earthquake practices not only spread false information that expresses that Baki, these software often infection to the phones, he said.
Stating that such applications can access sensitive data such as camera, microphone and location, and in some cases it aims to provide income by directing the user to advertisements with false notifications, Baki said that applications also aim to load fake software on phones and seize personal data.
« There is no official mobile warning system in Türkiye »
Baki, who has samples in the world, has state -backed earthquake warning systems in the USA and Japan, said, “In the US and Japan, seismic meter devices in the US and the state established this warning to devices, computers and phones. However, there is no such system in Türkiye yet.” he said.
Stating that the state -based early warning systems are not active in Türkiye yet, Baki emphasized that the applications that claim to give instant notifications should be approached cautiously and that the permissions requested by the applications should be reviewed.
Location, microphone, guide and file access should be avoided from applications that want unnecessary permissions such as Baki, « Our phone is useful to restrict the permissions such as location, sound, video, microphone. “What is as dangerous as the fear of earthquakes is our digital security. Digital security is as important as your physical security.” he said.
