FBI is remotely activating the mic on your smartphones and laptops

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This shit just keeps getting better:

The FBI develops some hacking tools internally and purchases others from the private sector. With such technology, the bureau can remotely activate the microphones in phones running Google Inc.'s Android software to record conversations, one former U.S. official said. It can do the same to microphones in laptops without the user knowing, the person said. Google declined to comment.


The bureau typically uses hacking in cases involving organized crime, child pornography or counterterrorism, a former U.S. official said. It is loath to use these tools when investigating hackers, out of fear the suspect will discover and publicize the technique, the person said.
The FBI has been developing hacking tools for more than a decade, but rarely discloses its techniques publicly in legal cases.


Earlier this year, a federal warrant application in a Texas identity-theft case sought to use software to extract files and covertly take photos using a computer's camera, according to court documents. The judge denied the application, saying, among other things, that he wanted more information on how data collected from the computer would be minimized to remove information on innocent people.


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A group at the FBI called the Remote Operations Unit takes a leading role in the bureau's hacking efforts, according to former officials.
source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323997004578641993388259674.html

inb4 "I have nothing to hide so why should I care" + "It help protect us from the bad guys"..
 


Puts tape on my camera.

Runs the water in the sink.

Im finally free!
 
I predict that this thread will eventually fill with passive-aggressive "outrage" over some constitutional amendment being tramped on. Then it will disappear as nobody who participates will take any real action about it.

Either stand up and make a difference, or...

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I predict that this thread will eventually fill with passive-aggressive "outrage" over some constitutional amendment being tramped on. Then it will disappear as nobody who participates will take any real action about it.

Either stand up and make a difference, or...

Brb, going to go protest and make a difference... oh wait.
 
"throws green paint on the lincoln memorial"

"making a difference some chinese lady thought"
 
Thought this was worth a read. Im re sharing it on facebook, doing my part fighting this tech war we are in !!

(Jonathan Benson) There is a sinister agenda underway to forcibly convert every standard electric meter in the U.S. to the “smart” variety under the guise of promoting renewable energy interests.
And one of the latest pieces of Trojan horse legislation pushing for this ominous transformation is the Smart Grid Advancement Act of 2013, introduced by Representative Jerry McNerney (D-Cal.) and co-authored by Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Penn.), which would force utilities all across the country to convert their customers to smart meters.
The new bill, as stated in a recent press release posted on Rep. McNerney’s website, would require virtually all energy utility companies nationwide to implement so-called “smart grid technologies,” which in turn would require the installation of smart meters on customers’ homes and businesses. Smart meters, as you may already be aware, contain wireless communication components that are not only a serious threat to human health, but also a monumental detriment to personal privacy.
But crafty politicians like Rep. McNerney and Rep. Cartwright are couching the technology as a viable way to help save people money by lowering their electricity bills. This explanation, of course, is meant to divert attention away from the not-so-enticing fact that the technology is really nothing more than a massive, interconnected government spying and control apparatus.
“[The bill] would apparently require all electricity providers, including rural cooperatives and municipal utilities, to join the ‘smart’ grid and install ‘smart’ meters,” explains the energy freedom advocacy group StopSmartMeters.org.
What else does this inauspicious bill aim to accomplish? According to a summary of the bill, posted as H.R. 2685 at GovTrack.us – you need to read between the lines to really understand what is being stated in this summary — certified Energy Star appliances and other energy-saving products will be required to contain wireless technologies capable of communicating with both energy providers and potentially even the government.
“[T]he bill would require appliances with the Energy Star label to include wireless transmitters that cannot be turned off, in order to communicate (and presumably cough up your private data and respond to orders from Big Brother Smart Grid to switch you off at a moment’s notice, as happened to dozens of people in Northern California recently when their not-so-smart-AC program cut off their air conditioning at the height of the recent heat wave,” adds StopSmartMeters.org.
“The bill would also establish a ‘smart grid information center’ that would presumably create pro-smart-grid propaganda at the taxpayer’s expense.”
Smart meters exposed as part of NSA ‘PRISM’ spying scam

Even worse is the fact that Landis Gyr, a major smart meter manufacturer that describes itself as a “world leader” in smart grid technology, let the cat out of the bag that the National Security Agency (NSA), which we now know actively spies on innocent Americans’ phone calls and text messages, also uses smart meters to spy on Americans.
Thanks to a NaturalNews reader tip, we learned that Landis Gyr recently had a company voicemail message that admitted smart meter technology is part of the NSA’s “PRISM” spying and surveillance program. Since gaining national attention about this admission, Landis Gyr has apparently altered its company voicemail message to omit this indicting information.
Your help needed to oppose HR 2685, the Smart Meter Trojan Horse Act

H.R. 2685 has been referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee for consideration, which means this is the first point of contact in effectively killing this bill. StopSmartMeters.org has set up a helpful action page that you can use to contact not only the committee but also the bill’s sponsors and the rest of your Congressmen:
http://stopsmartmeters.org
 
Old but they can listen to you when your phone is turned off since 2007...
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G1fNjK9SXg]CELL PHONE (FBI can listen to you when phone is turned off) - YouTube[/ame]
 
No joke I have tape over my webcam since 6 mo ago when I found it was being activated remotely. Running in the background, I had no idea, found out by accident while looking for something else. Was freaky, I run a pretty tight ship. Inb4 yadda yadda, just be safe boys.
 
Time for everyone to smash the shit outta there phone and go back to hardlines.
 
I had dinner with friends not long ago, and the topic of that boy who was kidnapped and taken into the bunker by some nut job came up.

I explained the reason the FBI was able to make the decisions it did was because they used a backdoor into the kidnappers laptop to monitor him via his webcam and mic.

Everyone looked at me like I'd lost my mind.
 
No joke I have tape over my webcam since 6 mo ago when I found it was being activated remotely. Running in the background, I had no idea, found out by accident while looking for something else. Was freaky, I run a pretty tight ship. Inb4 yadda yadda, just be safe boys.

There's a high chance that you had spyware on your PC from some l33t h4x0rs.
 
FYI

IT Specialist (System Analysis) GS 13 (FBI) < Jobs | GovLoop - Social Network for Government

Job Title:IT Specialist (System Analysis) GS 13 (FBI)
Department: Department Of Justice
Agency:Federal Bureau of Investigation
Job Announcement Number:18-2013-0017
SALARY RANGE: $89,033.00 to $115,742.00 / Per Year
OPEN PERIOD: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 to Tuesday, December 18, 2012
SERIES & GRADE: GS-2210-13
POSITION INFORMATION: * - Permanent, Full-Time
PROMOTION POTENTIAL:13
DUTY LOCATIONS: 1 vacancy - Quantico, VA, US
WHO MAY APPLY:
Open to current FBI employees in all locations.
Applications will not be accepted from outside the area of consideration.

JOB SUMMARY:

*
Division: Operational Technology Division
Unit: Remote Operations Unit
Location: Quantico, Va
Working Hours: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
 
No joke I have tape over my webcam since 6 mo ago when I found it was being activated remotely. Running in the background, I had no idea, found out by accident while looking for something else. Was freaky, I run a pretty tight ship. Inb4 yadda yadda, just be safe boys.

Maybe you are on their watchlist? :costumed-smiley-087
 
I don't understand all this fuss about the NSA spying. It's the only possible way to survive on a world with technology.
 
Blackberry reporting in, no one cares to hack us.

nope nope nope. negative ghost rider.

With BlackBerry reportedly hacked, is anything secure? - Computerworld

Apparently, the NSA and Britain's spy agency GCHQ (and/or other governments/agencies) were able to hack into the BlackBerry streams of government officials attending a G20 summit in London. If true, this raises a bigger question: Is any encrypted communication safe anymore given the massive amount of brute-force computing power that can be applied to code-breaking and pattern recognition?

Until now, BlackBerry has managed to sidestep the continuing furor surrounding Snowden's leaks about NSA programs. However, the Guardian reported that the documents reveal apparently successful attempts at cracking BlackBerry security that yielded data about meetings ahead of when they took place: "New converged events capabilities against BlackBerry provided advance copies of G20 briefings to ministers … Diplomatic targets from all nations have an MO of using smartphones. Exploited this use at the G20 meetings last year," according to the documents revealed by the Guardian.