It's a chilling story. Did you know you may have a spy in your purse or pocket? It's your phone. And security experts warn it's listening, watching and recording us unless we take steps to stop it.

Just because you turned off your phone doesn't mean the NSA isn't using it to spy on you.. Edward Snowden's latest revelation about the NSA's snooping inspired an extra dose of shock and disbelief Mar 05, 2019 · We may be one step closer to putting the final nail in the coffin of the National Security Agency’s massive phone records surveillance program, if a New York Times report bears out. Ending this Ending the NSA’s Massive Phone Spying Program Would Be a Good Start — But There’s a Lot More to Do | American Civil Liberties Union Jul 23, 2013 · According to Ryan Gallagher at Slate, the NSA, along with other agencies, are able to something most would feel to be improbable, if not impossible: track the location of cell phones even if they Good reasoning behind NSA spying. By Jace Riley ’16 THE ROUNDUP Information is a global currency that can change how countries act. Recently the National Security Agency has been reported for tapping phones all over Europe, include that of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Without stepping into any discussion about sources and methods, the capability to manipulate a cell phone with its battery in place, but powered off has been publicly known since at least 2006.

When the general counsel of the National Security Agency was asked if the government was tracking citizens using data collected by their cell phones, the NSA’s Matthew Olsen said it does indeed have that authority but stopped there, saying that “it is a very complicated question.”Perhaps “yes” or “no” is a bit too much to spit out for the NSA.Olsen has been nominated to lead the

Dec 11, 2013 · Notice how the second and third paragraphs give the distinct impression that the NSA isn't collecting cell-phone location data right now, that the NSA has no need to collect it right now, and that

Dec 18, 2015 · But buyer beware: This snooping device only captures data from GSM phones, meaning it’s good to go in most of the world, but won’t work on Sprint, Verizon, and U.S. Cellular phones in the

Never mind the non-stop collection of metadata and other sneaky surveillance tools being implemented by the US: a new report has revealed the National Security Agency’s spy powers allow the government to grab location data on just about anyone.