Question Disable nfc

[MoneyWellEarned]

I believe I have been subject of malicous attempts to gain access to stored credit card data due to very unusual events around my home and activity on my phone appearing under remote control in certain instances.
I was initially concerned of someone accessing my phone through a device and onl7 8⁸

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! NFC means "Near Field Communication", which means any kind of activity using NFC would require close proximity of the other device to yours. Are you concerned that someone else is physically handling your phone?

What makes you think your phone is under remote control?

As long as you follow some basic security guidelines, it's actually pretty difficult to get hacked. Read these:
“I’ve been hacked” - Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com
[GUIDE] How To Avoid Malware - Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com

 

[smvim]

I agree with B. Diddy, it's unlikely that having NFC enabled is a source to your perceived problem. Do note you can easily just disable/enable NFC for when you don't need it or when you do, but otherwise beyond an inch or so it's not going to be detectable.

Bluetooth 'might' be an issue is its use range involves several feet, but like NFC it also requires your intentional interactivity to allow or deny connectivity, and just not very common threat either.
WiFi or cellular connectivity might be more likely pathways for remote code compromises, the former involves several yards of coverage range and the latter several miles. But despite the fear-mongering from most tech news floating around, having your phone actually compromised by some kind of remote code execution isn't likely. Yes there are numerous targeted attacks that are very potent and effective but here in the real world most of us simply aren't that important to be attracting that kind of attention.

But without more actual details as to why you think your phone is being compromised, a much more likely issue most of us need to be more judicious about is protecting our online presence. Email services, social media services, financial services, etc., and other services that reside online are bigger and occasionally more vulnerable than your phone. So, just as an example, if some moron has compromised your Instagram account in some way it's not so much the Instagram app on your phone that is the problem, it's your online Instagram account that you need to look into.