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Government Spooks Can Use The Mic And Camera On Trump’s Phone Even When He Thinks It Is Turned Off
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/government-spooks-can-use-the-mic-and-camera-on-trumps-phone-even-when-he-thinks-it-is-turned-off ^ | 03/05/17 | Michael Snyder

Posted on 03/06/2017 7:09:01 AM PST by Enlightened1

After reading this article you might not ever view your electronic devices the same way again.  Last year, Hollywood released a biographical political thriller based on the life of Edward Snowden that had one particularly creepy scene.  In that scene, a government spook used a program to remotely activate the microphone and camera on a laptop, and by doing so he was able to watch a woman as she got undressed.  Sadly, as you will see below, this kind of thing is happening constantly.  Any digital device can potentially be accessed and used to spy on you even if it appears to be turned off.  And this is why Donald Trump needs to be so careful right now, because the intelligence community wants to take him down and they can literally use any digital device in his possession to try to gather dirt on him.  We have a “deep state” that is absolutely obsessed with watching, tracking and monitoring the American people, and something desperately needs to be done about this unconstitutional surveillance.  Now that Trump has become greatly upset about how the government was tapping into his phone calls, maybe something will finally get accomplished.

In an article that I just published on The Most Important News, I talked about the NSA’s brand new two billion dollar data storage facility in Utah that can store up to five zettabytes of data.  Secret “electronic monitoring rooms” embedded within the facilities of major communications companies across the United States send an endless flow of digital information to this facility, and most Americans have no idea that this is even happening.  The following comes from Wired

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: attkisson; camera; mic; phone; spy
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To: madison10
The NSA needs to be brought to heel

It can't be. Once the horse is out of the barn, there's not putting him back in. Sure, Trump can order them and all agencies not to do it but they'll continue anyway.

Eight years ago, during the BC researches, I know "they" were spying and crashed at least one of my computers.

No doubt "they" could overthrow a government.

21 posted on 03/06/2017 7:34:32 AM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Artcore
Yeah, I’ve heard our phones supposedly have this capability. Disconcerting!

Not just phones but smart TV's as well. That's why my TV is as dumb as toaster.

22 posted on 03/06/2017 7:36:47 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Rest In Peace MeekMom (1966-2016))
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To: Dacula

23 posted on 03/06/2017 7:37:22 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: jennychase
Smart TV. Can be easily switch on by hackers.

There was actually a denial-of-service attack last year using internet connected household appliances ("Internet Of Things" devices). The attack brought down DynDNS servers for several hours.

24 posted on 03/06/2017 7:38:45 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Rest In Peace MeekMom (1966-2016))
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To: 9YearLurker

Yeah, didn’t think the mic could be covered sufficiently. Guess I have to go back to dissing Obama in code. ;)


25 posted on 03/06/2017 7:39:32 AM PST by madison10 (Bless you, Mr. DJ Trump.)
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To: marktwain
NSA works for the President. Anyone doing this risks serious jail time at a minimum.

Take off the rose colored glasses.

26 posted on 03/06/2017 7:42:25 AM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: madison10
Which is why I have TAPE over every orifice on my tablet and cell phone.

Ditto

27 posted on 03/06/2017 7:45:11 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (It's gonna be bloody.)
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To: Ms Mable
If they can do all of that to Sharyl Attkisson, they can do it to Donald Trump too.

It wasn't just Trump, or Sessions, or Attkisson, or Rosen. It was HUNDREDS of Americans that the Obama Admin /DNC used surveillance on for political purposes . Jeh Johnson authorized the use of wiretapping of those people under the guise that the 'election' was a NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE.

Obama Just Federalized U.S. Elections By Authorizing Homeland Security Control

28 posted on 03/06/2017 7:45:36 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Enlightened1

Idiots who buy a phone without a removable battery are inviting this.
It’s like smoking three packs of Marlborough every day and then wailing when you get lung cancer.


29 posted on 03/06/2017 7:48:43 AM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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To: bgill

It can’t be. Once the horse is out of the barn, there’s not putting him back in. Sure, Trump can order them and all agencies not to do it but they’ll continue anyway.


People in power are jealous of their power. They work very hard to insure that their own tools are not used against them.

If you think there are no political controls by the President to make sure that renegade NSA types have serious risks if they use their tools against the executive branch, you are being naive.

It is much, much easier for a president to punish people in the NSA than it is for people in the NSA to punish a president.


30 posted on 03/06/2017 7:58:03 AM PST by marktwain (We wanted to tell our side of the story. We hope by us telling our story...)
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To: Ms Mable
Obama tried to silence these able columnists also. This is Obama's world, the one he is trying to get back through his seditious and treasonous behavior.

Sharyl Attkisson...."Stonewalled" Seasoned CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson reveals how she has been electronically surveilled while digging deep into the Obama Administration and its scandals, and offers an incisive critique of her industry and the shrinking role of investigative journalism in today’s media. Her latest: "Smear": How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think,

Kirsten Powers "The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech" Lifelong liberal Kirsten Powers blasts the Left's forced march towards conformity in an exposé of the illiberal war on free speech. No longer champions of tolerance and free speech, the "illiberal Left" now viciously attacks and silences anyone with alternative points of view. Powers asks, "What ever happened to free speech in America?"

Kim Strassel: "The Intimidation Game" From Kim Strassel, one of the preeminent political colum8ists writing today and ember of the WSJ editorial board, comes an insight, alarming look at how the Left, once the champion of civil liberties, is today orchestrating a coordinated campaign to bully Americans out of free speech.

The Left/Marxists have truly ramped up their efforts to remove President Trump from office....the American citizens cannot let this continue...CALL YOUR CONGRESSMEN AND YOUR SENATORS - DEMAND THEY PUT A STOP TO THIS OBAMA COUP! THEY PROMISED/SWORE TO DEFEND AND PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION....DO IT!

31 posted on 03/06/2017 8:05:27 AM PST by yoe
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To: UCANSEE2

I highly suspect Obie had Romney and his people tapped during 2012 election process as well.

I can’t stand Romney, but I always thought it strange how he was ahead with a full head of steam, then suddenly, he rolled over like a kicked pup.


32 posted on 03/06/2017 8:06:08 AM PST by Ms Mable
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To: Enlightened1

sounds like it’s time to go to the Paulie Cicero communication method.


33 posted on 03/06/2017 8:06:46 AM PST by stylin19a (Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
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To: yoe

The Left/Marxists have truly ramped up their efforts to remove President Trump from office....the American citizens cannot let this continue...CALL YOUR CONGRESSMEN AND YOUR SENATORS - DEMAND THEY PUT A STOP TO THIS OBAMA COUP! THEY PROMISED/SWORE TO DEFEND AND PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION....DO IT!
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Good advice!

Last time I saw Kirsten Powers running her mouth, she had flipped back to her old Democrat-ways.


34 posted on 03/06/2017 8:13:01 AM PST by Ms Mable
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To: MrEdd

“Idiots who buy a phone without a removable battery are inviting this.”

Whoa, hold on there pardner, I’m one of those millions of people you’re classifying as “idiot”. As a previous poster mentioned, a phone (or other device) can easily be placed in a faraday cage to block all signal. This can be accomplished as easily as placing the device in a microwave oven (no joke), wrapping it in foil, using an old potato chip bag, or buy purchasing and using one of many of the very affordable bags designed for just this purpose.

Some of the first faraday cages for phones and other small computer devices were originally designed to thwart hackers seeking financial and credit card data they would steal just by getting close enough to the targeted device in a public place, using a compact, wireless, hacking tool to retrieve the info in a matter of seconds. People concerned about becoming victims of such found it much quicker and easier and faster to just place their smartphones in a faraday bag rather than having to go through removal of the battery and the whole start up process.


35 posted on 03/06/2017 8:19:19 AM PST by Carthego delenda est
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To: Enlightened1

One Name: Sheryl Attikinson.

She had it happen to her with the Obama Administraion.

One other name: Michael Hastings


36 posted on 03/06/2017 8:32:24 AM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: Carthego delenda est

Carry your faraday cage around while tethered to a groundstake do you?


37 posted on 03/06/2017 9:34:26 AM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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To: madison10; 9YearLurker
Yeah, didn’t think the mic could be covered sufficiently. Guess I have to go back to dissing Obama in code. ;)

You could always use Latin or cursive.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

38 posted on 03/06/2017 9:37:16 AM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: Enlightened1
shit
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39 posted on 03/06/2017 9:40:52 AM PST by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: Enlightened1
Samsung warns viewers: Our smart TVs could be snooping on your private conversations

Facebook can tag you in photos AUTOMATICALLY: Social network starts rolling out DeepFace recognition feature

The Computers Are Listening: How the NSA Converts Spoken Words into Searchable Text

Surprise! NSA data will soon routinely be used for domestic policing that has nothing to do with terrorism

Watch Out that Your Rental Car Doesn't Steal Your Phone Data

Here’s How to Download and Delete What Google Search Knows about You

40 posted on 03/06/2017 10:15:57 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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