No Such Thing As A Private Call

[markmac]

With regards to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKQBLTpnZec:

I spoke to a colleague of mine about this and (although I personally feel this sort of technology is clearly available) he doesn't think that the FBI is capable of tracking a persons conversation via their mobile phone while its off (or at least not being able to do it very easily).

His thinking behind it is as follows:


If this is possible, hackers around the globe would have already have done this by now.
Why would the FBI let people know they could do this?
Maybe it's because they HAVE trouble doing this and want to push people away from mobile phones?


What do other people think of this?

M.

[howlingmad]

I don't think they want to push people away from mobile phones, as indicated by the dearth of payphones (at least where I live, US). They've been ripping them out left and right for years, now.

Most new cell phones have a form of GPS built into them so that they can be accurately tracked (many people just buy these GPS devices...!!), but it is true that they could get a general location of a regular cell phone by judging the distance from microwave towers. Services are sold to snooping parents that give tracking data of their cell phone-toting teenagers, whether it's on or off. Look at this insidious site:
guardianangeltech.com/ (http://www.guardianangeltech.com/)
This one requires you buy their cell phone, though.

The elite have no trouble telling us what they're doing to us. It's a big joke to them. They think (realize) that most people are just too stupid/spiritually powerless to do anything about it. They laugh in our faces.

[astral_girl]

what about msn and yahoo are they being monitored too-looking out for the anti illuminates???

[exmicrochipmafia]

I theorized this one today. It really got me thinking. The way I see it, there's always power being drained by the phone so long as the battery is in; that's why you always have date and time when you turn it on (don't believe me take out the battery and then put it back in and turn it on- you lose the date and time until there's an official re-connect with the network). So it stands to reason they can ping the chip and activate the mic.
I have called people in the past and heard their radio playing before they answered!!!

[notaslave]

For several years I have thought they might be able to do this. Also perhaps track via our digital cameras. When I have to go missing these are things I would leave behind.