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Your Cellphone Is Listening

Monday, July 16, 2007

Apparently every recent model cellphone sold in the USA has a built-in tracking device that can be activated remotely and set to keep the microphone powered on, even when the phone itself is switched off.

The FBI used the technology in collecting evidence for the recent Genovese crime family trial.

Fox News Report on Cellphone Bugging

Speaking of cellphones....

Don't Answer Your Cell Phone In This Professor's Lecture

Labels: cell phone bugging, FBI

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