Can Big Brother Hear Me Now?

Neatorama:

Surprise! The government can listen to everything you say, even when your cell phone is turned off:

A recent court ruling in a case against the Genovese
crime family revealed that the FBI has the ability from a remote
location to activate a cell phone and turn its microphone into a
listening device that transmits to an FBI listening post, a method
known as a “roving bug.” Experts say the only way to defeat it is to
remove the cell phone battery.

“The FBI can access cell phones and modify them remotely without
ever having to physically handle them,” James Atkinson, a
counterintelligence security consultant, told ABC News. “Any recently
manufactured cell phone has a built-in tracking device, which can allow
eavesdroppers to pinpoint someone’s location to within just a few
feet,” he added.

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