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ThomThom

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36. just a fact

Reply to Control-Z (Reply #35)

Thu Jun 13, 2013, 09:30 PM

Jun 2013

bad if your a cop or victim
inconvenient if your a terrorist or crook
good for disposable prepaid phones sales
just saying

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The FBI can secretly turn on your cellphone mic to eavesdrop on you [View all] AZ Progressive Jun 2013 OP

FBI usage would just be a start. Out of jealousy, local cops will ultimately want to do this as well AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #1

I know a cop who used this method to catch his wife cheating (n/t) dorkzilla Jun 2013 #9

Hackers (Not Government) can turn your laptop into a spycam JaneQPublic Jun 2013 #2

A school loaned out computers and turned on the cameras and microphones to see what the students MADem Jun 2013 #3

I remember that.....don't talk in your cars either...OnStar ElsewheresDaughter Jun 2013 #10

Why does this keep coming up? defacto7 Jun 2013 #4

this is not about downloading, but your providers ability to do "silent" updates Monkie Jun 2013 #19

Understood... I wasn't discussing download vulnerabilities. defacto7 Jun 2013 #34

Seems they would have to treat Control-Z Jun 2013 #5

no your phone doesn't have to be "set up" ElsewheresDaughter Jun 2013 #8

How do you connect to it without setting it up? East Coast Pirate Jun 2013 #16

your provider, or a government, can "push" "silent" updates to your phone Monkie Jun 2013 #18

Would that take a warrent or is "probable cause" now good enough? East Coast Pirate Jun 2013 #23

this is beyond wire tapping this is bugging ThomThom Jun 2013 #15

Would that be bad Control-Z Jun 2013 #35

just a fact ThomThom Jun 2013 #36

"roving bugging" ElsewheresDaughter Jun 2013 #37

Just think what they'd get if they turned on Mith NcConnels phone ashling Jun 2013 #6

I read about this in Wired years ago...remove your battery to prevent eavesdroppinhg ElsewheresDaughter Jun 2013 #7

On an Iphone? quakerboy Jun 2013 #11

They sell RF shielded cell phone pouches PuffedMica Jun 2013 #13

All the more reason not to get one. hobbit709 Jun 2013 #20

Also prevents usefulness. GeorgeGist Jun 2013 #14

Given that the cellphone is in the room with you quaker bill Jun 2013 #12

And you live alone and don't talk to yourself. DCKit Jun 2013 #32

Glad we live in a country where that requires a warrant, aren't you? (nt) Recursion Jun 2013 #17

Do they charge you for roaming? Orrex Jun 2013 #21

No, kentauros Jun 2013 #29

Well played! Orrex Jun 2013 #31

Smoke 'em if you got 'em... kentuck Jun 2013 #22

i'd kinda like it if some government dick listened to me sing nonsense songs about testicles datasuspect Jun 2013 #24

We pay them good. kentuck Jun 2013 #25

Lmao!! darkangel218 Jun 2013 #26

Which is why real criminals use temprary cell-phones..... cbdo2007 Jun 2013 #27

The answer to this problem is obvious: kentauros Jun 2013 #28

now that made me laugh..ty ElsewheresDaughter Jun 2013 #38

YOu're welcome :) kentauros Jun 2013 #40

Fat lot of good it would do them with me dipsydoodle Jun 2013 #30

The tecnology that dotymed Jun 2013 #33

and THAT can hardly be a secret in China where all the phones are made KurtNYC Jun 2013 #39