Is Your Cellphone Listening?
ZDnet has an interesting article of how the FBI was able to monitor some targeted organized crime figures by eavesdropping on their conversations by listening to nearby conversations of a cellphone. That is they were able to 'turn on the microphone' of the cellphone and listen to what was being spoken in the room. This is not the same as monitoring a call, no call was in process. A whole new privacy concern that people need to be aware of. Go read the article if you'd like to learn more.
FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool | Tech News on ZDNet
FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool | Tech News on ZDNet
posted by Scott | 7:45 AM
4 Comments:
I think most people figured the gov't could & would do things like that.
I always figured cellphones had about as much privacy as yelling across a city street. Old cellphone conversations sometimes turned up on CB radios!
Susan in VA
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holy spam comment batman.
as for cells yeah it was ovious that conversations on them were far from secure, but I hadn't thought of this. which also leads me to think of how easy it is to take things out of context. I can turn off the phone function on mine (I know that sounds odd turn off the phone of a phone, but its like airplane mode, sorta) i wonder if that would stop them? probably not if they can make your phone make a call without your knowledge then they could probably turn the fucker on pretty eaily. Last I heard there is still no reliable way to intercept a Text mesage, and that its about the only remaining secure way to contact a person, but who knows if thats really true. I mean text on a phone, Instant Messanger is about the least secure way, just ask Foley.
Can you imagine pulling your phone out of your pocket and realizing that it was already connected with some unknow number? I wonder if you could re-dial the FBI? Better yet they forget to mute there side, suddenly you hear CIA agents talking from your pocket. Orwell is rolling over in his grave more than the dolpin at seaworld.
They've always had the technology to do this with home phones. I think the device was called an Infinity transmitter, or something like that. But this is the first time I've seen it mentioned that such a technology was used against a cellphone. Interesting since most of us carry cellphones with us everywhere these days.
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