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Can You Hear Me Know?

by October 8, 2008

Spy v Spy

I’ve been surprised recently by the number of people I meet that have not heard of the Roving Bug.

A recent court ruling in a case against the Genovese crime family revealed that the FBI has the ability from a remote location to activate a cell phone and turn its microphone into a listening device that transmits to an FBI listening post, a method known as a roving bug.

Now I wouldn’t suggest getting all Howard Hughes on me by lining your walls with lead but do the knowledge:

Google
ZDNet
ABC
Siva Vaidhyanathan

“Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean They Aren’t Out to Get You”.


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