[aklug] smart phone security

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One thing I learned working at Ft. W. is that in "confidential" or
sensitive areas on military property, the policy is not to allow cell
phones in those areas. The reason given is, they say, that cell phones
have some kind of "maintenance mode" that can be turned on by a special
signal from any cell tower, which turns the cell phone into a
broadcasting microphone. (I.e., allowing bad guys to use anyone else's
cell phone to listen in remotely.)

Is that really possible now, with today's smart phones?

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Christopher Howard
frigidcode.com
theologia.indicium.us
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Received on Sat Oct 2 18:56:18 2010