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bluedigger

(17,438 posts)

17. Not so much.

Reply to usGovOwesUs3Trillion (Reply #8)

Fri Jun 7, 2013, 10:41 PM

Jun 2013

If you are that worried about the gov turning your phone on remotely, then it's just one more step before using it.

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Chris Hayes: gov't has the capability of turning any cell phone on remotely and using it as bug [View all] dkf Jun 2013 OP

I'll bet they don't. NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #1

They already used it...2006! dkf Jun 2013 #4

+1 Little Star Jun 2013 #42

Some of us already knew that. In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #48

See, it's old news, so that means it must be nothing to be concerned about. hughee99 Jun 2013 #49

Yeah they do Chisox08 Jun 2013 #10

You say that like it's a bad thing Fumesucker Jun 2013 #2

So pull the battery. bluedigger Jun 2013 #3

lol usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #8

Not so much. bluedigger Jun 2013 #17

ah usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #21

Just my mom and people looking for money. bluedigger Jun 2013 #24

can you guess usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #26

Not at all. meaculpa2011 Jun 2013 #47

I keep mine in a gun safe... GReedDiamond Jun 2013 #9

Only 100'? bluedigger Jun 2013 #18

If your rooms are all one hundred feet long, you either live in a mansion or a train car. Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #20

Plebe. bluedigger Jun 2013 #25

Please see post #27...nt GReedDiamond Jun 2013 #28

I keep my phone at the other end of my 100' yacht! Sancho Jun 2013 #45

Actually, you are correct, bluedigger... GReedDiamond Jun 2013 #27

Why do I suddenly suspect you have a supercollider in your la-bore-a-tory? bluedigger Jun 2013 #30

As long as my "smart" phone battery... GReedDiamond Jun 2013 #31

Until the Black Hole swallows the Earth, you mean. bluedigger Jun 2013 #33

I had not taken the Black Hole Scenario into consideration... GReedDiamond Jun 2013 #34

Can't pull the battery in an iPhone. dkf Jun 2013 #12

If you can afford an iPhone, you can afford to wrap it in tinfoil. bluedigger Jun 2013 #13

I hear they do that with OnStar, so why not? IDemo Jun 2013 #5

its already pretty normal to ping a cellphone to get a location on it, its also useful loli phabay Jun 2013 #6

It's not just the microphone FoxNewsSucks Jun 2013 #7

A lot of people put a piece of tape over the camera on a computer Corruption Inc Jun 2013 #35

Well this is AMERICA after all. kenny blankenship Jun 2013 #11

+1. nt historylovr Jun 2013 #14

More old news on the spying front - Not just the government either!! Coyotl Jun 2013 #15

Big Brother is listening. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #16

you can buy this capability online for less than $200 zazen Jun 2013 #19

This is not new WeekendWarrior Jun 2013 #22

The Mobile Phone Shield Faraday Bag FarCenter Jun 2013 #23

Old School WovenGems Jun 2013 #29

Wow. There's some really indepth reporting via Tweet going on there! randome Jun 2013 #32

That's why I store mine securely Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #36

TMI, Warren. BainsBane Jun 2013 #38

Just tryin' to help! Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #39

buy a samsung and use us cellular... madrchsod Jun 2013 #37

Old news actually... defacto7 Jun 2013 #40

Actually, "authorities" can also open-mike a landline Duppers Jun 2013 #41

Anyone else see a spike in their "unknown caller" calls when they leave their Baitball Blogger Jun 2013 #43

Let them try on mine. It's a dumbphone with removable battery. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #44

they'd have to find somone not already talking on it to do that markiv Jun 2013 #46