Spies use smartphone apps to spy on you

[SheriV]

RAPHAEL SATTER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

POSTED: Monday, January 27, 2014, 7:36 PM
LONDON (AP) - Documents leaked by former NSA contactor Edward Snowden suggest that spy agencies have a powerful ally in Angry Birds and a host of other apps installed on smartphones across the globe.
The documents, published Monday by The New York Times, the Guardian, and ProPublica, suggest that the mapping, gaming, and social networking apps which are a common feature of the world's estimated 1 billion smartphones can feed America's National Security Agency and Britain's GCHQ with huge amounts of personal data, including location information and details such as political affiliation or sexual orientation.
The size and scope of the program aren't publicly known, but the reports suggest that U.S. and British intelligence easily get routine access to data generated by apps such as the Angry Birds game franchise or the Google Maps navigation service.
The joint spying program "effectively means that anyone using Google Maps on a smartphone is working in support of a GCHQ system," one 2008 document from the British eavesdropping agency is quoted as saying. Another document - a hand-drawn picture of a smirking fairy conjuring up a tottering pile of papers over a table marked "LEAVE TRAFFIC HERE" - suggests that gathering the data doesn't take much effort.


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[SheriV]

well thats not scary at all

[s2h]

i'm watching you

[heady muscle]

Good post. Thanks for doing that. A guy at works was discussing this with me. Big Brother!
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RAPHAEL SATTER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

POSTED: Monday, January 27, 2014, 7:36 PM
LONDON (AP) - Documents leaked by former NSA contactor Edward Snowden suggest that spy agencies have a powerful ally in Angry Birds and a host of other apps installed on smartphones across the globe.
The documents, published Monday by The New York Times, the Guardian, and ProPublica, suggest that the mapping, gaming, and social networking apps which are a common feature of the world's estimated 1 billion smartphones can feed America's National Security Agency and Britain's GCHQ with huge amounts of personal data, including location information and details such as political affiliation or sexual orientation.
The size and scope of the program aren't publicly known, but the reports suggest that U.S. and British intelligence easily get routine access to data generated by apps such as the Angry Birds game franchise or the Google Maps navigation service.
The joint spying program "effectively means that anyone using Google Maps on a smartphone is working in support of a GCHQ system," one 2008 document from the British eavesdropping agency is quoted as saying. Another document - a hand-drawn picture of a smirking fairy conjuring up a tottering pile of papers over a table marked "LEAVE TRAFFIC HERE" - suggests that gathering the data doesn't take much effort.


Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/busines...cx6Djs6jpL9.99

[Zaphod]

Just in case they are accessing the camera on my phone I always have it facing me when I'm jerking off. Give them something to watch.

[SheriV]

i'm watching you

God see all

[SheriV]

it kinda pisses me off the shits in google maps and angry birds...what phone doesn't have these

is RIM ever gonna come back

[SheriV]

RIM for a long time was the only thing allowed in defense installations... NSA couldnt get through their encryption for a long fucking time.
This was actually their big claim to fame

[SheriV]

im not gonna say how i know this but the fact that the other half makes weapons of mass destruction should give you n idea where I've gotten this info

droid and apple just handed over the reigns with known backdoors..hell built in backdoors as it turns out.
RIM even if they are making death noises for years now is the only company that still continually reinvents its encryption to not be broken into...the nsa keeps getting the info but not with RIMs help

as far as them being the only device allowed on defense installations, thats no longer true and hasn't been for at least 5 years now.

[SheriV]

oh..and its not to say that it was specifically to keep the nsa out but any others countries spying programs out as well

[dave 236]

I really liked RIM. Blackberries were much better for professional use than Droid or Apple. I wish they would mount a comeback.

Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Tapatalk

[LAM]

well thats not scary at all

http://www.criticalcommons.org/Membe...ntage.mov/view

[heady muscle]

It not just your phones people:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...claims_lawsuit

I am sure it is also in these new televisions: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/lg-tvs-s...ews-17887.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...pying-YOU.html

[SheriV]

I really liked RIM. Blackberries were much better for professional use than Droid or Apple. I wish they would mount a comeback.

Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Tapatalk

yeah me too...i miss the shit out of my blackberry


I drowned one on the deck in an overnight downpour
picked that sucker up pouring water out of it the next day....shook it a few times and it booted right up..lol
worked fine.

the one before that was sitting next to a melted in two tv next to it in my house fire...that one I scratched the soot off of it and it booted right up
it took my ins adjuster two weeks to convince me to just replace it..lol
he had a point..it smelled pretty funky

[exerciseordie]

BB actually makes a decent phone now. Also several companies are starting to look into the concept of a more secure phone. Usually these are just customized android. Android can be VERY secure if you know how to set it up. Apple can also be set up to be pretty secure. I'd love and iPhone but I need more of a screen.