Big Brother is listening: Government can eavesdrop on your life by secretly listening through your cell phone
Tuesday, December 05, 2006 by:
Ben Kage
(NewsTarget) NewsTarget has learned that the FBI has developed a technique that can remotely activate a nearby cell phone's microphone, thereby turning it into a listening device.
The "roving bug" technique was approved by U.S. Department of Justice officials for use on members of an organized crime family in New York that was getting increasingly suspicious of tails, wiretaps or other traditional surveillance techniques.
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