Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

FBI Can Turn On Your Phone Mic?
Foxnews ^

Posted on 08/03/2013 11:06:50 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA

A former U.S. official told The Journal that some of the technology allows the FBI to remotely activate the microphones in phones running on Google Inc.'s Android software to record conversations.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.mobi ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1984; android; bigbrother; cellphonemic; georgeorwell; google; googleandroid; surveillancestate
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121-131 next last
To: Red in Blue PA

41 posted on 08/03/2013 11:54:54 AM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: KarlInOhio

I’ve used those buttons before. ...For crypto comm phones now retired from service.

STU-III

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STU-III


42 posted on 08/03/2013 11:55:17 AM PDT by Red Steel
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: hope

Wiki seems to have everything these days.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad


43 posted on 08/03/2013 11:57:00 AM PDT by Red Steel
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]

To: Red in Blue PA

Quite happy with my dumb phone, thank you very much.


44 posted on 08/03/2013 11:57:03 AM PDT by G Larry (Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red in Blue PA

As long as they can’t activate the camera on my phone...

Do what?

Oh, s#!t.


45 posted on 08/03/2013 11:58:04 AM PDT by moovova (Sell everything, folks. Be poised to run.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Red Steel

“As I recall during the cold war, the government had the ability to turn on phones mics when the phone receivers were replaced or hung up.”

Not unless they actually modified your phone. The line was actually broken by relay when the phone was placed in the cradle. This was true through the late 80s-early 90s. Newer phones are almost all digital and might be vulnerable to that. The old ones, nope.


46 posted on 08/03/2013 11:58:56 AM PDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Ben Mugged

Wrong...the battery has to be removed....it is still on if it is off...


47 posted on 08/03/2013 12:01:05 PM PDT by Shady (Creed of the PC Police: You're guilty when we say you are...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: Gadsden1st

Ah, they can edit...remember the He’s Black edit of Zimmerman!


48 posted on 08/03/2013 12:02:15 PM PDT by Shady (Creed of the PC Police: You're guilty when we say you are...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: Red in Blue PA

Sure and they can turn the camera on as well. I have Where’s My Droid on my phone which isn’t as powerful as something the FBI or others could develop. I can get the gps location of the phone, turn on the camera, make it ring and lock the phone. With a little tweaking I am sure the could set so that the screen doesn’t come on when the phone camera is activated, turn on just the microphone, transmit the gaps location constantly all while not interfering with the phones functions. I unserstand that they can do some of this even if the phone is off. About the only way you can prevent it is to pull the battery.


49 posted on 08/03/2013 12:06:56 PM PDT by airedale
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ben Mugged

They can do a lot this even if you turn the phone off. You have to pull the battery http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2006/12/can_you_hear_me/ and that’s an old article


50 posted on 08/03/2013 12:11:42 PM PDT by airedale
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: OneWingedShark

It has been done. $6.95

http://www.amazon.com/Crime-Scene-Mobile-Phone-Blocking/dp/B00AIJ9OYG/ref=sr_1_1/181-3246688-6713456?ie=UTF8&qid=1375557253&sr=8-1&keywords=faraday+cages


51 posted on 08/03/2013 12:15:08 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]

To: Red in Blue PA





This Message Not Approved by the NSA

52 posted on 08/03/2013 12:16:34 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Fake BC Explained http://i41.tinypic.com/eqcn84.gif)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Shady

You are correct.


53 posted on 08/03/2013 12:17:46 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies]

To: Red in Blue PA

This is why you should not trust ANYTHING that Google does. For many years, they have been reporting a variety of private citizens’ activities to the government.

IMO, this is just one more nail in Google’s coffin. I don’t use them and I don’t trust them.

The same is true of Facebook.


54 posted on 08/03/2013 12:20:13 PM PDT by DustyMoment (Congress - another name for the American politburo!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mylife
It has been done. $6.95

:( -- A day late and a dollar short, as always.

55 posted on 08/03/2013 12:22:05 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: OneWingedShark

Darn it!


56 posted on 08/03/2013 12:23:15 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 55 | View Replies]

To: upchuck

They know you’ve said you want to be invisible based on your IP and your post. So you just gave that away.


57 posted on 08/03/2013 12:23:29 PM PDT by Monty22002
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: DustyMoment

Or Apple or Microsoft.

The only way you are safe from such intrusions is to not use technology. If you believe either Apple or Microsoft are “safe” you are delusional.


58 posted on 08/03/2013 12:23:44 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 54 | View Replies]

To: DustyMoment

Actually, Google is fighting National Security letters

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2417460,00.asp


59 posted on 08/03/2013 12:27:31 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 54 | View Replies]

To: Bryan24

it wouldn’t bother removing itself. it would just modify the search software to insure it was never seen or reported (if those modifications aren’t already built in)

btw, they can do something similar to desktops.

nic cards have a nifty ability to allow a remote hacker to upload boot code then boot the box. done right, the uploaded code would dnload and install the necessary agent and log out, resetting the boot record (covering its tracks). the agent would then work with the existing system (previously compromised for the govt by microsoft and apple) and start recording / translating / uploading.


60 posted on 08/03/2013 12:29:05 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 40 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121-131 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson