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Myth of Cell Phone Privacy

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Rocket River, May 6, 2009.

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  1. Rocket River

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    #1 Rocket River, May 6, 2009
  2. Lil Pun

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    This is news? I've known about this kind of stuff for years.
     
    #2 Lil Pun, May 6, 2009
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    *arkoe reconsiders phone banking.
     
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  4. BetterThanI

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    I don't believe any software is completely invisible. There's got to be a way to detect this stuff...
     
    #4 BetterThanI, May 7, 2009
  5. Ubiquitin

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    This is fear mongering. Sure you can update the firmware on a common phone model to be bugged, but the average user's phone is not going to be compromised.
     
    #5 Ubiquitin, May 7, 2009
  6. Air Langhi

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    I bet the software is already on there. Can't the fbi listen in to phone calls?
     
    #6 Air Langhi, May 7, 2009
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    double post
     
    #7 Air Langhi, May 7, 2009
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    If you know the phone's encryption key, then it's trivial to turn it on as a receiver. But that's the problem.
     
    #8 Ubiquitin, May 7, 2009
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    I seem to remember Shia LeBouf doing press events promoting Eagle Eye, and something about a government official playing for him a recording of a phone conversation he had almost 5 years ago...
     
    #9 meggoleggo, May 7, 2009
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    Well then this government official needs to be "taken care of" I'd say.
     
    #10 RHostetler82, May 7, 2009
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    yeah I remember that. It was on the kimmel show.
     
    #11 dkoune, May 7, 2009
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