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FBI uses YOUR cell phone to spy on you??? FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool By Declan McCullagh Story last modified Fri Dec 01 18:46:27 PST 2006 The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of elect ron ic surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a mobile phone's microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby conversations. The technique is called a "roving bug," and was approved by top U.S. Department of Justice officials for use against members of a New York organized crime family who were wary of conventional surveillance techniques such as tailing a suspect or wiretapping him. Nextel cell phones owned by two alleged mobsters, John Ardito and his attorney Peter Peluso, were used by the FBI to listen in on nearby conversations. The FBI views Ardito as one of the most powerful men in the Genovese family, a major part of the national Mafia. The surveillance te http://members.tripod.com/other_krap/fbi_cell_phone_tap.html Eastern by David Bresnahan January 3, 2006 NewsWithViews.com Summary: Despite three court rulings that cell phone tracking by government agencies without a court order is illegal, a fourth court ruling has now authorized blanket spying. The government can now use cell phone data to track physical location, without a search warrant or probable cause. NEW YORK -- A federal court issued an opinion permitting government agencies to use cell phone data to track a cell phone's physical location, without a search warrant based on probable cause. The ruling seems to be http://www.newswithviews.com/BreakingNews/breaking39.htm Now i am sure that we can TRUST our government would never illegally tap us! it gets better By Nicole MaestriCHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said on Monday it fired a systems technician for intercepting text messages of people who were not Wal-Mart employees and for recording telephone conversations with a New York Times reporter without authorization.Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, said an internal investigation found the technician had monitored and recorded phone calls between Wal-Mart public relations employees and a New York Times Co. reporter between September 2006 and January 2007.The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer also said the technician, who worked in its information systems division, intercepted and stored text messages that contained certain key words, including those sent by people in the Bentonville area who were not Wal-Mart employees.http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=businessNews&storyid=2007-03-05T222700Z_01_WNAS3007_RTRUKOC_0_US-WALMART-TECHNICIAN.xml&src=rss&rpc=23
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