Posted on 03/31/2009 1:33:50 PM PDT by Corky Boyd
There is a slow but steady encroachment on our privacy by government. It often comes with rational and admirable cover terms for a hidden agenda. A recent comment by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, during his conformation hearings, broached the subject of taxing car mileage based on GPS tracking. An immediate hue and cry went up from privacy organizations which saw it as an Orwellian intrusion. It was dropped like a hot potato by the White House. The EU is currently looking at another
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I read an article almost two years ago that claimed intelligence agencies could listen to you if the battery was in your cell phone.
They use one excuse or another to sneak their agenda in. Little by little, we lose our freedoms and privacy. Unfortunately, most of the public just says “that was good - give me another”
I’ve heard that, too. Pretty scary.
Yes, that ability is a major security concern. Phones can be remotely switched to a maintenance mode, which transmits whatever is picked up by the mic. That’s why they must be left outside of secure areas, or have batteries removed.
personally I always carry a few of those foil potato chip bags with me, like Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State
I encourage the government to eavesdrop on my phones. I have two teenagers. Let the government listen to that!
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