Govt. listening through cell phones

[crazyjoe]

Anybody see this the other night on CNN I think. Apparently even if your cell phone is off, the Govt. can somehow still hear whats going on through the earpiece. The only way to avoid this is by taking out the battery. they said the govt. uses this technology to supposedly keep tabs on high profile mob members.

 

[puddlemonkey]

KB with a crack on CNN in 3.. 2..

 

[crazyjoe]

It was one of those big news outlets.

 

[jack sparrow]

So they know I've been whacking it a lot lately?

 

[digimon7068]

i pity the poor bastard that would end up listening to my boring ass. . .

 

[crazyjoe]

So they know I've been whacking it a lot lately?

yep

 

[jack sparrow]

Fuck...they probably heard the sheep too.

DAMMIT!!!

 

[jh1]

Old news.....


Cell phones can run standardized code such as java... even if it was strictly proprietary code... You have a microphone, a digital transport....

it's not just the government that can activate the microphone.

The right skills and private citizens can not only eavesdrop on you they could:

1. Activate your microphone and port the audio to a phone of their choice for listening.
2. Track your GPS coordinates.
3. Turn on the 'SPEAKER' and speak to you.
4. Change your ring tone to a recorded message that they uploaded to your phone.
5. Etc.

It's a flexible platform, it's limitless and the cell providers don't give a fuck about security.

 

[crazyjoe]

Old news.....


Cell phones can run standardized code such as java... even if it was strictly proprietary code... You have a microphone, a digital transport....

it's not just the government that can activate the microphone.

The right skills and private citizens can not only eavesdrop on you they could:

1. Activate your microphone and port the audio to a phone of their choice for listening.
2. Track your GPS coordinates.
3. Turn on the 'SPEAKER' and speak to you.
4. Change your ring tone to a recorded message that they uploaded to your phone.
5. Etc.

It's a flexible platform, it's limitless and the cell providers don't give a fuck about security.

Hmm, I don't remember hearing that before.

 

[bones1435]

Old news.....


Cell phones can run standardized code such as java... even if it was strictly proprietary code... You have a microphone, a digital transport....

it's not just the government that can activate the microphone.

The right skills and private citizens can not only eavesdrop on you they could:

1. Activate your microphone and port the audio to a phone of their choice for listening.
2. Track your GPS coordinates.
3. Turn on the 'SPEAKER' and speak to you.
4. Change your ring tone to a recorded message that they uploaded to your phone.
5. Etc.

It's a flexible platform, it's limitless and the cell providers don't give a fuck about security.

This thread is just a breeding ground for paranoid people.

 

[puddlemonkey]

This thread is just a breeding ground for paranoid people.

ALTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[redsamurai]

got a website that shows how to do it?? my god I could screw with my friends!!!.........

Old news.....


Cell phones can run standardized code such as java... even if it was strictly proprietary code... You have a microphone, a digital transport....

it's not just the government that can activate the microphone.

The right skills and private citizens can not only eavesdrop on you they could:

1. Activate your microphone and port the audio to a phone of their choice for listening.
2. Track your GPS coordinates.
3. Turn on the 'SPEAKER' and speak to you.
4. Change your ring tone to a recorded message that they uploaded to your phone.
5. Etc.

It's a flexible platform, it's limitless and the cell providers don't give a fuck about security.

 

[lilj888]

i wanna do that shit to if the government can do it i kno there is other people that can to. Fuk the information i could get would be limitless and id know everything i wanted about my friends

 

[Bikini Mod]

i pity the poor bastard that would end up listening to my boring ass. . .

LOL me too.

 

[jh1]

Old news.....


Cell phones can run standardized code such as java... even if it was strictly proprietary code... You have a microphone, a digital transport....

it's not just the government that can activate the microphone.

The right skills and private citizens can not only eavesdrop on you they could:

1. Activate your microphone and port the audio to a phone of their choice for listening.
2. Track your GPS coordinates.
3. Turn on the 'SPEAKER' and speak to you.
4. Change your ring tone to a recorded message that they uploaded to your phone.
5. Etc.

It's a flexible platform, it's limitless and the cell providers don't give a fuck about security.

6. TAKE PICTURES / VIDEO OF YOU WITH THE BUILT IN CAMERA. I forgot. that one.


I got alot of inquires about this via K, etc.


Beleive it nugs, not saying that *I* can do it off hand - it would take a considerable concerted effort requiring some programing skills and knowledge of some proprietary networks I do not currently have. But it can / has / will be done.

Here's an example of a family that was terrorized by some fools via their cell phones.

My specialty would be more in preventing / detecting such attacks, and or tracking down the douch nips that did it. Although, personally - i'd rather go after that assplants that LET that shit happen that the perps themselves... but apparently it's not a crime.


http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133630-c,onlinesafety/article.html

 

[JayC9]

wrap your cell in tin foil to thwart the government

 

[bigmann245]

whatever, i have more to worry about then that.

 

[jh1]

whatever, i have more to worry about then that.

True that, not a real threat for your average person....