It’s a very long story but ultimately all you need to know is, i have to make sure an unknown app isn’t sending an assload of traffic through port 25 on any network im connected to. How can I confirm this on my android device without an external PC?

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    7 months ago

    I’m rooted but that’s a bit overkill for what I’m trying to achieve, so far I’ve just found a traffic sniffer app and I’m manually picking out any traffic on 25, i suppose I could go home and just set something up on my router but I’m trying to do this at work

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      7 months ago

      Ah, yeah I’d imagine such an app needs root for that functionality. Low ports are protected by the kernel. If you’re suspecting malware on the phone, you might just wanna wipe it and secure your accounts?

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        I’m not personally suspecting it but the organization I’m with has reason to suspect an android phone is infected and blasting out traffic through that port. I’m just confirming it’s not me to be safe, though Im pretty sure it’s someone else, as I generally keep my phone activities to youtube

        I may just wipe anyways since I’ve had issues with this rom but jeez is it gonna be a process

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          They might be looking for a chromebook, fingerprinting software can be a bit dubious at correctly identifying devices.