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May 21, 2021 at 12:01 PM
antispynelo

Is my mac being spied on?

by antispynelo . Updated 5 years ago

I don’t know anything about computers, I suspect my MacBook might be being spied on. I looked it up online and a recurring tip is to check the ‘logon events,’ I went to the Console and typed ‘wake’ as the articles I read said and there are loads lines that happened well after I went to bed and closed my mac. (I closed the screen at 23h35 and used it again in the morning at 9h03). Here’s what it says:

20/05/21 23:35:26,000 kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::systemWakeCall – messageType = 0xE0000340

21/05/21 02:35:25,000 kernel[0]: Wake reason: EC.SleepTimer (SleepTimer)

21/05/21 02:35:25,000 kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::systemWakeCall – messageType = 0xE0000340

21/05/21 02:35:25,000 kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::wakeEventHandlerThread

21/05/21 02:35:25,000 kernel[0]: AppleHSSPIController::HandleMessage Device Wake by Host

21/05/21 02:35:25,000 kernel[0]: AppleThunderboltNHI::prePCIWake – power up complete – took 181939 us

21/05/21 02:35:25,000 kernel[0]: AppleThunderboltHAL::earlyWake – complete – took 1 milliseconds

21/05/21 02:35:25,000 kernel[0]: ARPT: 665370.559640: AirPort_Brcm43xx::powerChange: System Wake – Full Wake/ Dark Wake / Maintenance wake

21/05/21 02:35:25,000 kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::systemWakeCall – messageType = 0xE0000340

21/05/21 02:35:25,000 kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::wakeEventHandlerThread

21/05/21 02:35:30,000 kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::handleWakeEvent_gated

21/05/21 02:35:30,000 kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::handleWakeEvent_gated

21/05/21 02:35:43,000 kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::systemWakeCall – messageType = 0xE0000340

21/05/21 02:35:43,000 kernel[0]: AppleThunderboltNHI::prePCIWake – power up complete – took 319 us

21/05/21 02:35:43,000 kernel[0]: AppleThunderboltHAL::earlyWake – complete – took 0 milliseconds

21/05/21 09:03:12,000 kernel[0]: AppleCamIn::systemWakeCall – messageType = 0xE0000340

Is it just a normal thing it does or should I be worried?

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