The Feds can listen to you.... WHILE YOUR PHONE IS OFF!!

[Half Evil]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/12/can_you_hear_me.html

Wow,

...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."...

Your only protection..

Experts say the only way to defeat it is to remove the cell phone
battery.

Intese.

 

[^Mike^]

HAHA sweet, sucks to be a criminal, I know they love listening to me all the time.

 

[boardordi3]

thats definately intense, how is that even possible? i wish i had a way i cud turn my dumbassfriends cell phones on lol

 

[hascet]

y abut wouldn't you hear it beep, or feel it vibrate when it turns on then be like "why is my phone turning on?" *off*

 

[Half Evil]

No, it wouldnt turn on. The phone im sure would just stay blank, while the mic started working. You dont need a program on the phone to run it, if the FBI has a problem running it at another location.

Haha that wont make sense to really anyone here, but it makes sense to me. LOL sorry, I just cant explain what im thinking.....

 

[Taylor1]

if only we could do this, like boardordi id do it to my friends, and it would be a good way to see if your girl/boyfriend is cheating

 

[i want a laptop]

bull. my "virgin's mobile "the piece"" can't handle that.

i don't belive it.

 

[freestyler105]

Interesting...there's 240,000 results for the "roving bug" on Google, so it can't be complete BS...

Here's an article about it on Cnet as well:
http://news.com.com/2100-1029-6140191.html

 

[DJ-CHRIS1]

I believe this, but to me this is an EXTREME violation of privacy and should be highly illegal.

 

[pc trade post]

well i would be fine with this as long as they only use it when absolutely necessary, which they probably wont