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Legal Spying Via the Cell Phone System
An anonymous reader writes "Two researchers say they have found a way to exploit weaknesses in the mobile telecom system to legally spy on people by figuring out the private cell phone number of anyone they want, tracking their whereabouts, and listening to their voice mail."
He's calling himself, so he'd certainly lack any intent to deceive (which is an element of the new caller ID law). Do most people's cell phones work with caller ID with name? Neither mine (ATT) nor my wife's (Verizon) comes up with a name.
If you just let a disconnected battery sit in a drawer it will drain itself too. It must be wireless electricity doodads in the battery and phone so the phone can send information on you to the secret police even if the battery is pulled. Quick, run before they find out you know too much!
Or maybe batteries just have a tendency to run dead when not in use due to self-discharge. Now get off my tech site.
Get a web developer
I once worked in a secured facility (DOE lab) where security briefings included being told that one of the reasons cellphones are not allowed is that they can be remotely tracked, accessed, and the microphones can be activated--even when the phone is off.
Whether its true or not, at a minimum, the people involved in setting security protocols for the DOE certainly think it is.