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Is your Razr listening to you and talking with the FBI?

WLS

Dec 4, 2006, 4:11 PM
Maybe your battery is going down so quick because the FBI is listening to you! 😲

FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool
By Declan McCullagh and Anne Broache, CNET News.com
5/12/2006

The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a mobile phone's microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby conversations.

The technique is called a "roving bug," and was approved by top U.S. Department of Justice officials for use against members of a New York organized crime family who were wary of conventional surveillance techniques such as tailing a suspect or wiretapping him.

The surveillance technique came to light in an opinion published this week by ...
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BadFrog

Dec 24, 2006, 8:56 AM
🙄 All you need to do is "turn your phone off" when engaged in clandestine and illegal activities ! Mind you, that assumes your educational level is beyond the 6th grade and the back of your neck is not "red"..!
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