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This isn't really a shocker. They have been known since 2006[0] that the police(+TLA's) can use your cellphone as a eavesdropping tool. The biggest problem I f
by wpdev_63 8y ago
This isn't really a shocker. They have been known since 2006[0] that the police(+TLA's) can use your cellphone as a eavesdropping tool.
The biggest problem I fear is that this will become socially acceptable in US as it has with the authoritarian gov't in China.
[0]:https://www.cnet.com/news/fbi-taps-cell-phone-mic-as-eavesdropping-tool/ https://www.cnet.com/news/fbi-taps-cell-phone-mic-as-eavesdr...
- trhway 8y agoWhy it may be not socially acceptable yet, it is already socially accepted :). Between smartphone, car computer, video cameras everywhere, license plates readers, credit card records, etc. government has pretty much all the details of my life (in some fusion center by Palantir). Adding smart home, drones and whatever else just incrementally improves the quality of that collection while not changing the already established situation in principle.
- wpdev_63 8y agoI guess it's known in very certain circles on what goes in the 'establishment' but to say that it is now socially acceptable? I doubt it. Actually, after the Snowden revelations, there was a big political uproar and they almost got enough votes to completely defund the NSA[0]. Unfortunately our constitutional lawyer in charge(obama) was able to defeat the bill. While they are collecting everything on everyone pretty much(xkeyscore, prism, turbine etc), there's a good chance that things will change when people are aware of it. As we have the right to choose who leads us. [0]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/07/24/plan-to-defund-nsa-phone-collection-program-has-broad-support-sponsor-says/?utm_term=.d17b142b5efb https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/07...
- wpdev_63 8y agoEDIT: Why is my comment being downvoted? And why can't I edit it?