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Your Cellphone Is Spying on You - How the surveillance state co-opted personal technology
Reason ^ | Dec. 17, 2012 | Ronald Bailey

Posted on 12/20/2012 11:49:23 PM PST by neverdem

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1 posted on 12/20/2012 11:49:39 PM PST by neverdem
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Cell phone GPS that could not be turned off was brought in under the initial guise of assisting 911 calls.

Something similar is now happening with medical records.

3 posted on 12/21/2012 12:53:28 AM PST by wideminded
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To: neverdem
Well, um, DUH !!!

Who actually didn’t know this ?

4 posted on 12/21/2012 1:46:08 AM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: neverdem

300,000 towers and they want to set up how many of those windmills across the fruited plains?

It’s not “all good”.


5 posted on 12/21/2012 2:25:47 AM PST by equaviator
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To: neverdem

Before I escaped from America I was the first cell phone agent in my county. All of the phones that I activated had a name associated with the phone number. I can see their following you in that case, but when I went international, the phones were/are programed by sim chip. There is no name or address associated with them unless you choose to be on a contract with the carrier. You can even have an unlimited number of chips, all with different phone numbers.

While I am sure authorities can listen in on a call or read an SMS, they have no way of knowing who it is from.


6 posted on 12/21/2012 2:43:34 AM PST by AlexW
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To: neverdem

331,000,000 cell phones means that number of cameras watching your every move. No need for tin foil. This stuff is real.


7 posted on 12/21/2012 3:12:05 AM PST by Terry Mross ( I don't watch the "news". Someone ping me if anything big happens.)
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To: Terry Mross

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8 posted on 12/21/2012 3:22:14 AM PST by ronnie raygun (bb)
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While I am sure authorities can listen in on a call or read an SMS, they have no way of knowing who it is from.

Rant spoiler.

9 posted on 12/21/2012 3:31:19 AM PST by Graybeard58 ("Civil rights” leader and MSNB-Hee Haw host Al Sharpton - Larry Elder)
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To: neverdem

So if a Nation Voter ID were issued and required to provide a cell phone contract, we could have one person, one vote.... Not an IF but rather reality that people are literally tracked - it would be easy to follow the pings and determine that someone else voted rather than the phone owner as well;)


10 posted on 12/21/2012 3:59:35 AM PST by Jumper
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Maybe they can help me find my cell phone. It has taken me 50 years to stop losing my wallet or car keys. I dont think I will live long enough to stop losing my cell phone.


11 posted on 12/21/2012 4:13:20 AM PST by Uncle Lonny
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To: neverdem

They make cellphone manufacturers incorporate tracking for the “911” calls. Bull$hit. They told the public it was for “911” but it was really for tracking.
Just like the social security number - a retirement account number that has now illegally become a citizen identification number.


12 posted on 12/21/2012 4:14:31 AM PST by I want the USA back
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To: Jumper

PING is as magic and foolproof as is it thought to be.


13 posted on 12/21/2012 4:20:29 AM PST by Orbiter
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To: Jumper

PING is as magic and foolproof as is it thought to be.


14 posted on 12/21/2012 4:20:29 AM PST by Orbiter
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To: I want the USA back

Actually, in my senility, if I should get hurt, lost, or fall down and can’t get it up—this might be a good thing for me-—LOL!


15 posted on 12/21/2012 4:22:51 AM PST by basil (Second Amendment Sisters.org)
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To: I want the USA back

Just leave the phone at home.


16 posted on 12/21/2012 4:26:42 AM PST by palmer (Obama = Carter + affirmative action)
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17 posted on 12/21/2012 4:28:03 AM PST by Rodamala
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...they ping these nodes once every seven seconds or so....

No wonder my battery needs recharging all the time...

18 posted on 12/21/2012 4:28:39 AM PST by libertarian27 (Check my profile page for the FReeper Online Cookbook 2011)
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To: Travis McGee

Ping. We need that cell phone hacker guy from Castigo Cay.


19 posted on 12/21/2012 4:36:33 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: neverdem

Meanwhile, intelligent criminals will use a ruse cellphone to lead the authorities on an untamed avian chase.

An us honest citizens will only turn the thing on in an emergency.


20 posted on 12/21/2012 4:50:03 AM PST by soycd
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