On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 10:21:57AM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > > Quoting: > > The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic > surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a > mobile phone's microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby > conversations.
Not very novel; ISDN phones, all sorts of digital-PBX phones, and now VoIP phones, have this "feature" (in the sense that, since there is no physical on-hook switch (except for the phones in Sandia and other such places), it's the PBX that controls whether the mike goes on or not). I've always wondered what legitimate use the ability to turn on the microphone of a *mobile* phone remotely was. No mobile telephony company has ever advertised this as a feature. /ji --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]