about 50 years ago the big whisper campaign was if you had
an FM radio receiver in your house, whether on or off, the
pretend bogeyman of the day, (illuminati or Masons or some
other nonsense) could park outside your house in a special
equipped truck and reverse that component turning it into a
microphone and listen to everything being said in the house..
they collected all sorts of *private data on my Mom yelling
at me to eat my veggies if i know what's good for me
Facebook people, be afraid, be very afraid when you post
pictures of the lunch you're having at Olive Garden...lol
you can never be sure who might be watching...
Do you remember the analog to digital antenna ruckus and the mainstreaming of HDTVs over the old CRTs?
People believed the digital switch was to allow signal interception and that the flat screen TVs allowed surveillance.
You're watching your TV and your TV is watching you crap.
Well, your phone is a surveillance device and can be used to tap into your lives. It has to do with the signals it uses. You can be tracked by location from its GPS and listened to from its microphone and it doesn't even need to be turned on. Can only be prevented by removing the battery.
If your car has OnStar or other 'help' accessories, it can be tracked and listened to as well. In addition, your car's electronics can be 'killed' remotely. They sell it to you as a theft protection feature.
What's important to know is that the people that have the power to use these hidden functions are not concerned with your petty crimes. They are looking for the terrorist plot or nuclear threats. But I assure you, if they want to, they can put you under a microscope.
Y'know those theft scanners at stores, scanners at transportation hubs and all around the city? They know how much money you have and which credit cards you carry too. That strip in your money is more than just a counterfeit prevention.
What gets me is that most people think they are important enough to hack. The reality is, those that can, don't care about you and your little lives. They're watching bigger fish.