Signaling Post-Snowden Era, New iPhone Locks Out N.S.A.

[billhicks76]

22. Yes They Are Listening To Everything You Say In A Room Out Loud

Idiot fools used to say we were paranoid conspiracy theorists when we pointed this out. At this point I want to smack all those people or worse. I remember reading in the paper about a drug case in Montreal regarding the Hell's Angels...they got busted because the DEA was activating the microphones on their cell phones and listening in 2002...and they can make the phone appear off if you turned it off when they activate it back on. This is called an ambient tap and the reason we gave immunity to the telecoms(which Obama not only didn't filibuster as promised but reversed himself in the most disgusting flip flop Ive ever seen and voted for it) was because they were charging a nominal fee for these ambient taps beginning in 2002 or perhaps earlier. It was $250 for an ambient tap, $100 for a wiretap, $50 for all your texts, $20 for your GPS locations mapped out and $10 for a pen register...this varied slightly between AT&T, Sprint, Verizon etc. All of this is now stored like Facebook admitted to as a company who does the same thing through their mobile App if you're dumb enough to download it. The ambient taps can be sent over the airwaves without direct possession of your phone by law enforcement which does nothing to stop terrorism (most of which they create anyway to justify their budgets) but, rather, is used to fleece average Americans in the DRUG WAR who have been criminalized for using marijuana mostly and in more liberal parts of the country those who sell it. These people are scum...anyone who sits their listening to your private conversations or opening up your mail for non-violent crimes is a bad person with no morals. This is EXACTLY what the first American Revolution was fought over and our Founding Fathers foresaw these type of human filth trying to seize power this way and created our hallowed Constitution to prevent it. A guy like Comey whining like a little baby not having these tools any longer just reinforces what piece of crap criminal he and his ilk are. It isn't about Democrat vs Republican on this so any Democrats who excuse this because OUR guy is President is not only a dimwit but actively working against a free society.