Posted by
Joe Voter on Tuesday, December 05, 2006 5:13:06 PM
That's right. The FBI. They know when you are sleeping, they know when you're awake, they know when you've been bad or good.... And you ask how do they know? One only has to look toward members of the Genovese Crime Family as a perfect example of how strong the FBI's surveillance capabilities. A recent court ruling in a case against the Genovese family revealedthat the FBI can:1) Activate a cell phone from a remote location
2) Turn microphone on the cell phone into a listening device
3) Transmit everything to an FBI listening post.
The method is called "roving bug" and the only way to defeat it is to remove the cell phone battery. It seems that the FBI can access cell phones and modify them remotely without ever having to physically handle them. 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. Nextel and Samsung handsets and the Motorola Razr are especially vulnerable to software downloads that activate their microphones.
I have a Samsung handset. I wandering if they are listening. Lesson learned. Don't talk around cell phones.
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