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wildbilln864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-23-06 02:33 PM
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Is your cellphone spying on you?
Check out Cannonfire for more.


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"Two whistleblowers -- one in Italy, one in Greece -- uncovered a secret bugging system installed in cell phones around the world. Both met with untimely ends. The resultant scandals have received little press in the United States, despite the profound implications for American critics of the Bush administration."
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lvx35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-23-06 02:34 PM
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1. Yes. They can record audio, sometimes video, and pinpoint your location.
Edited on Wed Aug-23-06 02:41 PM by lvx35
Wether or not your cellphone has GPS installed.

edit: I am really suprised by ericsson's admission of it openly. A great deal of surveillance software in computers and embedded devices is set up to look like a bug, or security flaw, which can by exploited by an unknown third party Diebold style.
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