Heard on the radio this morning that snowy said the NSA are tapping your phones when they are off

[Swede Atlanta]

15. Whoever said Snowden said they could tap the phone when it was off...

was not reporting what Snowden said.

Again, you really should listen/watch the interview so you have first hand information rather than relying on a sound byte on a radio. Didn't you ever play the game as a child where you had 4 people and the first person would tell the 2nd person a single sentence and then at the end have the 4th person say what they thought the first person said? The differences are startling.

What Snowden actually said was that not only the NSA but also other intelligence agencies have the ability to turn on a targeted cell phone and once it is on the ability to engage the camera and/or microphone. He did NOT say they could use the camera and/or microphone with the phone turned off.

I think anyone knows if the device isn't even booted up and running none of the peripherals or applications would work.

Whether or not that is the case I don't know. I obviously care but I don't know.

But either you incorrectly reported what you heard on the radio or the person on the radio incorrectly reported what Mr. Snowden (his name is not Snowy) said.

I thank God for Snowden and his like to expose the lawless nature of our government.