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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:05 PM Original message |
Question. Can cell phones be used as bugs? I was wondering because |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes -- I suggest you immediately smash your cell phone to bits |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. As long as they brought a covered dish or some beer. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Are you being sarcastic or do you simply not know...because they can do BOTH the things you made fun |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yeah -- I know they can do both of those things |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Glad to see that a totalitarian government with unlimited track and trace of its citizenry... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I'll worry when we catch up to England on surveillance |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Well, as long as we're not the worst. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #28 |
53. Why should that be a worry? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. And most of my conversations involve |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Actually I get a signal at where I ride. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #28 |
61. Public indifference is the key to tip-toe totalitarianism |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. indeed it is rather easy! - good answer |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. yep, when you're not even talking on them they track easier than falling off a log... |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
52. GPS tracking? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Ha! My 1980's eras Soviet Weather Machine is far more... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Wait -- I'm a dead Hollywood starlette? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Ummm... what I meant... I, um... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. That's much better |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. I have no idea. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. That's one way to get even. Bore them. You can also take a pocket comb |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. LMAO |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. You can be located via your celphone if it has a GPS device inside it. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
56. I've shut my GPS off. eom |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yep! |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. I remember a few years ago |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. If you are doing nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about, but |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. and our rights are being taken away, no right to a lawyer either. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. A depression could tip us over to a full blown |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. sometimes desperate people can strike back at their owners too. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #51 |
63. That's what is happening in Iraq. They don't want us to make them in |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. That was OnStar, not cellphones. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I'm pretty sure it was cell phones. eom |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. When in doubt |
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navarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. I dumped Verizon and switched to Credo. No problems. |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Hey I was thinking about going with Credo too. |
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navarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. That guy's a bad actor, keep your atom gun out of it's holster at all times. |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Isn't their service actually provided by Sprint, though? |
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navarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Yep. Sprint. BUT: |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes, the technique is often referred to as a 'roving bug' |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Thanks. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that all telephones can be used as passive monitoring devices |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. A land line phone can be unplugged. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Yes, the microphone wire can be remotely accessed while the phone is not in use. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. My solution is to always be singing Rick Astley songs. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes they can...Google it... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. Cars with OnStar too. |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. Sure can, and have been. eom. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yes, to take photos too, GPS location, track movements, etc. if the battery is in it! |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. looks like it! |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
37. Just take out the battery... |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
38. If they can... |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
39. Didn't you watch "Burn Notice?" |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
40. The OP wanted to know if they could turn them on |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. me neither and if they could they would be so bored listening in on me. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #40 |
59. Yes, it can be done. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
43. I don't have a clue about tech stuff |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
45. No. They CAN track your location, and they can listen to calls, but they can't turn it on. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
47. I have heard that they can. |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
50. See link below: |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
54. You people are too paranoid about this stuff. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. And you are not paranoid enough |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #55 |
62. Freedoms Lost Under G.W. Bush |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. It's a lot easier to lose freedoms than to achieve them. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Once gone...unlikely to return |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. We do have a recourse in our Declaration of Independence. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
57. Absolutely, yes. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
60. Only when you are yakking while driving. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
64. Yes, They can do that with the phone in your home too. n/t |
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