WSJ: The FBI can remotely flip on Android phone mics to record conversations

[Wireless News]

Anyone worried about being tracked by law enforcement officials really ought to think twice before buying an Android phone. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation can now “remotely activate the microphones in phones running Google’s.Android software to record conversations” and that it can also “do the same to microphones in laptops without the user knowing.” The FBI is now able to perform these feats because it’s invested heavily in recruiting hackers to help it improve its surveillance capabilities, the Journal.writes. The Journal’s report suggests that federal officials do need to get a warrant before employing such tactics, which means that the FBI isn’t just casting a wide dragnet as the National Security Agency has been

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[elisa191]

LOL.....

Yes the FBI might not be casting a wide dragnet but the NSA can do all this and more and they DONT need a court order to do it!

Look we are what Russia has always been

I have lived under a communist government for 2 years and I have to tell you I had a lot more freedom there then here!

What does that tell you

[rich hathaway]

tells me yer a commie.......lmao