Your beloved cell phone could be compromised
Did you know that bad guys can track you based on your cell phone in the time it takes to step off a plane and get to a taxi? An article in the Washington Post on March 3, 2009 talks about how foreign governments are using our beloved PDAs to track our whereabouts and actions.
The article quotes an official (Joel Brenner) from the office of the Director of National Intelligence. Some interesting points:
- your phone’s microphone can be turned on when you think it is off
- an iPod’s ear buds can be converted to recording devices when not in your ears
- Thumb drives are described as the biggest source of ETDs “electronically transmitted diseases”
From March 3, 2009 Washington Post, page A11
Your Cell and Your Berry: Tools of the Enemy
By Walter Pincus
Tuesday, March 3, 2009; Page A11
In the new electronic information world, your cellphone or BlackBerry can be tagged, tracked, monitored and exploited by a foreign intelligence service between the time you disembark from a plane in that country's capital and the time you reach the airport taxi stand.
Link to full article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/02/AR2009030202852.html
