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According to ARStechnica , it is possible to listen in on people using their own mobile phones as a bugging device, even if the phone is switched off. It has long been known that you can monitor a persons position using their cell phone location but this new development has to be worrying for people concerned about privacy.

This came to light during a trial of member of the Genovese crime family, phone taps are nothing new but the approval of “roving bugs” is new under US law.

Source: ARSTechnica

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