Wednesday, 6. December 2006

The FBI can turn your cell phone into a listening device. Even if it's 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.

abcnews.com

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