The revelations by WikiLeaks of the abilities of our intelligence agencies to turn our consumer electronics into highly sophisticated listening devices has people taking a second look at their cell phones. Is it really a good idea to have a deeply personal conversation with someone in person if a cellular phone is in your pocket? Have we all unwittingly bugged ourselves?
In spite of all the encryption we are told secures our online transactions and our personal conversations, there has to be a lingering doubt has to how secure this stuff really is. Haven’t we all suspected that if some three-letter government agency really wanted to that it could intercept anything we do online? But we go on about out business because, after all, unless you’re ready to join the Amish, you have no choice but to join on the online and wireless worlds.
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Eric you’re an idiot!!!
His money that’s a good one he can’t even pay the backs that did The real work something you people have no clue love take your little soft hands and put your head back in the sand
And you all wonder how Trump could have been spied on??? Not necessarily wire tapped, but I think we all got the intent.
Put it this way….when our government started giving FREE cell phones to people on Welfare, you HAD to have known that it was for a specific reason….and that reason is that they are GPS and listening devices for anyone who has one….and that goes for EVERY cell phone out there… This is also the same reason that you can now buy a 50″+ SMART TV at Walmart for only 3 or 4 hundred bucks…They have video and sound recording devices in every one of them, plugged in or not….So, when you’re doing “your thing” in front of your television, you may wanna cover it with a blanket and hold the noise WAY down….Big Brother IS watching us all….way more than you could ever imagine…
It’s called the patriot act people we are indeed at odds with our government
Mine says it works for Amazon whenever I ask about involvement in the CIA.
No physical switch to shut down cameras and microphone on cell phone? Guess what you either been hacked,will get hacked or are currently being hacked by the government or whoever.
If they want to watch what I do in front of my TV they are more than welcome. I’ve often wanted to flip off government officials every time a person blows me up in call of duty. I’ve often wanted to blow my load in a CIA operatives face. Don’t ask me why. I don’t have any good answer. But now I have my chance. And you think I’m going to be afraid to step up to the plate just because they can hear me and see me? I’ve been begging them to stop by just so I can confirm they’ve been watching me. This just makes it easier to get them to leave me alone. How hard is it to make someone say “yeah I really don’t want to have to monitor this sick$#%&!@*anymore”…
Hey if my safety means some poor unfortunate basted at a desk gets to see my$#%&!@*a lot I’m not really concerned. Sucks to be that person.
The iPhone Siri also won’t answer. Just evades questions.