Leaked documents now show what we all suspected: the NSA can turn
your iPhone’s microphone and camera on and off without you knowing.
According to Der Spiegel’s website:
“The NSA’s ANT division develops implants for mobile phones and SIM
cards. One of these is a spyware implant called “DROPOUTJEEP” — designed
for the first generation of iPhones — which was still in development in
2008, shortly after the iPhone’s launch. This spyware was to make it
possible to remotely download or upload files to a mobile phone. It
would also, according to the catalog, allow the NSA to divert text
messages, browse the user’s address book, intercept voicemails, activate
the phone’s microphone and camera at will, determine the current cell
site and the user’s current location, “etc.” ANT’s technicians also
develop modified mobile phones, for use in special cases that look like
normal, standard devices, but transmit various pieces of information to
the NSA — that can be swapped undetected with a target’s own mobile
phone or passed to informants and agents. In 2008, ANT had models from
Eastcom and Samsung on offer, and it has likely developed additional
models since.”
I do not have a smart phone, and I have texting blocked. Not even the provider can text me. If the NSA (or another alphabet A**HOLES is involved in this crap) loads a software on a device, are they NOT responsible for THEIR portion of the bill??? As a matter of fact I THINK they should pay the entire bill, out of Conn-gressmans pockets.
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Had a phone that took 8 pictures of my arm as I slept, 4 without flash, 4 with, it went back within the week...... ;-/
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