During a recent Mafia case, it came out that the FBI has been approved to monitor people via their cell phones. No, not just picking up the conversation via traditional tech. They NOW have the ability to activate (turn on) your cell phone from another location, and listen to conversations around you at tables, in your home, where you work, as long as you have the battery in the phone. Your phone doesn't have to be on, they don't have to notify you, and they can listen to everything you're saying. It's also admissable in court.
They are also able to use the Onstar system in vehicles to listen to conversations in cars.
NEXTEL has said they were not asked, and did not contribute to the technology. Nokia phones are among those easiest to do this with.
My question, do you think this is fine, as long as they are trying to catch "bad guys", or does this blow your mind that you can't even get in your car without worrying about your navigational gizmo being a microphone?
2006-12-02
14:10:41
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His Old Lady
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