[loungitude]

Not when you turn it off.

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I believe that phones can be activated remotely. They can listen and report location when ‘off’. Need to remove battery to prevent this.

[ml/nj]

They can listen and report location when ‘off’. Need to remove battery to prevent this.

Does this mean that the plane I was on on Monday night was lucky to make it back to Newark?

ML/NJ

[sickoflibs]

RE :”I believe that phones can be activated remotely. They can listen and report location when ‘off’. Need to remove battery to prevent this.”

Interesting, I found this:
PrisonPlanet Forum : Your CELL Phone can be turned on remotely to listen to your conversation‏

My cell is usually someplace that cant pick up sounds easily like in the glove compartment of my car.

[Sherman Logan]

Need to remove battery to prevent this.

After a little bit of research it appears this is true of some models of phone and not others. Apparently the more sophisticated and complex the phone the more vulnerable it is.