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Is this really true or your speculation? Really curious about that but yeah, I am also suspecting that while the phones seem quiet they are actually listening .
by jhoechtl 10y ago
Is this really true or your speculation? Really curious about that but yeah, I am also suspecting that while the phones seem quiet they are actually listening ... sometimes.
- adrianN 10y agohttps://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/12/remotely_eavesd_1.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/12/remotely_eave...
- djrogers 10y agoThat's not even close - you linked to an article from 2006 (before the first iPhone was introduced) about microphone activation on phones like Motorola RAZRs which are already powered on. Oh, and this was legal and in the open. Nice try, but that's a long way from a (long running, secret, and still hidden) vast government/corporate conspiracy to remotely power on any smartphone to spy on the owner.
- FoeNyx 10y agoIn 2014 Snowden said NSA can do so (but not how). It was quite discussed at that time. for example: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/nsa-remotely-turn-on-phones,news-18854.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/nsa-remotely-turn-on-phones,news...