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ISpy: How the NSA Accesses Smartphone Data
- jlgaddis 13y agoI imagine that the NSA was a big fan of the "instant upload" feature on Android phones, especially for targets they had an active interest in. I would not be surprised if Google built in the capability (server-side) to instantly send a copy off to the NSA. > According to one NSA document, these files contain the kind of information that is of particular interest to analysts, such as lists of contacts, call logs and drafts of text messages. I know that when backing up an iPhone to your computer you can choose to encrypt the backups. I wonder if backups to iCloud are encrypted. I never enabled that option and don't recall seeing any such settings but I suspect they are not. After reading this article, I'm ready to ask my boss to replace my work-issued iPhone with something else but that's probably pointless. The only option for someone who does not want to be constantly tracked, it seems, is to completely forego use of a mobile phone.
- r0h1n 13y ago[Edited note: this was meant as a reply to jlgaddis' comment, but I seem to have posted it as a reply to the post. Which looks odd.] What would you (or we) replace an iPhone with? Short of reverting to dumb phones or maybe hoping for the elusive Firefox OS phones, I don't think there is much we can do.
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- jlgaddis 13y agoThis article is very telling of the attitude that the NSA has... references to 1984, identifying the iPhone as "Big Brother" and those who purchased it as "zombies", etc.