Comments on: If You Thought Only Govt. Spooks Could Tap into Your Cell Phone and Track Your Every Move… Well Think Again http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/01/if-you-thought-only-govt-spooks-could-tap-into-your-cell-phone-and-track-your-every-movewell-think-again/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:27:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sitriped,lol http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/01/if-you-thought-only-govt-spooks-could-tap-into-your-cell-phone-and-track-your-every-movewell-think-again/comment-page-2/#comment-1605361 sitriped,lol Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:18:57 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49976#comment-1605361 cameras, speakers, low budget vs. high budget, network levels, conspiracies, inevitability and your initial opponent down to my own mind. Thank you, I shall extract wisely cameras, speakers, low budget vs. high budget, network levels, conspiracies, inevitability and your initial opponent down to my own mind.

Thank you, I shall extract wisely

]]> By: Amy Hass http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/01/if-you-thought-only-govt-spooks-could-tap-into-your-cell-phone-and-track-your-every-movewell-think-again/comment-page-2/#comment-1533178 Amy Hass Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:45:36 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49976#comment-1533178 The sites dedicated to spying on peoples cell phones are incredible and a little scary. Thanks for the great post. The sites dedicated to spying on peoples cell phones are incredible and a little scary. Thanks for the great post.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/01/if-you-thought-only-govt-spooks-could-tap-into-your-cell-phone-and-track-your-every-movewell-think-again/comment-page-2/#comment-1532923 Patrick Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:10:41 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49976#comment-1532923 # 28 Don Quixote said, "Being #1 in a market does have it’s trials doesn’t it Stevo." Huh? iphones probably account for about 1% of cell phones in use... # 28 Don Quixote said, “Being #1 in a market does have it’s trials doesn’t it Stevo.”

Huh? iphones probably account for about 1% of cell phones in use…

]]> By: Don Quixote http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/01/if-you-thought-only-govt-spooks-could-tap-into-your-cell-phone-and-track-your-every-movewell-think-again/comment-page-2/#comment-1532920 Don Quixote Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:59:01 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49976#comment-1532920 So is Apple going to do commercials about how it's phone is more secure than the others. Being #1 in a market does have it's trials doesn't it Stevo. So is Apple going to do commercials about how it’s phone is more secure than the others. Being #1 in a market does have it’s trials doesn’t it Stevo.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/01/if-you-thought-only-govt-spooks-could-tap-into-your-cell-phone-and-track-your-every-movewell-think-again/comment-page-2/#comment-1532765 Patrick Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:23:00 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49976#comment-1532765 # 22 eaze said, "they can even see through your camera and listen through your microphone even if you think the phone is off" Loosen, the tinfoil hat. # 22 eaze said, “they can even see through your camera and listen through your microphone even if you think the phone is off”

Loosen, the tinfoil hat.

]]> By: deowll http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/01/if-you-thought-only-govt-spooks-could-tap-into-your-cell-phone-and-track-your-every-movewell-think-again/comment-page-2/#comment-1532703 deowll Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:00:33 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49976#comment-1532703 The original post may have been a fake but the software is real. It may not be all that smart to have a smart phone. Sure they can tap a dumb phone but it does take more work and they are limited by what it can't do. The original post may have been a fake but the software is real.

It may not be all that smart to have a smart phone.

Sure they can tap a dumb phone but it does take more work and they are limited by what it can’t do.

]]> By: grammarnazi http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/01/if-you-thought-only-govt-spooks-could-tap-into-your-cell-phone-and-track-your-every-movewell-think-again/comment-page-2/#comment-1532700 grammarnazi Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:52:55 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49976#comment-1532700 I meant #22 sorry... I meant #22
sorry…

]]> By: grammarnazi http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/01/if-you-thought-only-govt-spooks-could-tap-into-your-cell-phone-and-track-your-every-movewell-think-again/comment-page-2/#comment-1532699 grammarnazi Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:51:12 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49976#comment-1532699 #17 English, motherfucker, do you speak it? http://www.wikihow.com/Use-You%27re-and-Your #17

English, motherfucker, do you speak it?
http://www.wikihow.com/Use-You%27re-and-Your

]]> By: diecapsdie http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/01/if-you-thought-only-govt-spooks-could-tap-into-your-cell-phone-and-track-your-every-movewell-think-again/comment-page-2/#comment-1532698 diecapsdie Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:48:53 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49976#comment-1532698 @#16 ECA: Easy on the caps there, chief. @#16 ECA:

Easy on the caps there, chief.

]]> By: eaze http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/01/if-you-thought-only-govt-spooks-could-tap-into-your-cell-phone-and-track-your-every-movewell-think-again/comment-page-2/#comment-1532691 eaze Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:27:40 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49976#comment-1532691 for those that think your safe with an old school phone, your wrong. your safe against the noobs that buy other people's h4xing software but yout not safe against the smart guys or the 3 letter guys. all that is done at the network layer, they can still track you, intecept calls as well as make calls from your number to their own premium numbers without your knowledge for their profit (if theyre that low level). they can even see through your camera and listen through your microphone even if you think the phone is off by calling it from special authorised numbers which is transparent to the user besides them maybe noticing a diference in battery life. the only advantage to having an old school phone is that they dont have a camera to look through. for those that think your safe with an old school phone, your wrong. your safe against the noobs that buy other people’s h4xing software but yout not safe against the smart guys or the 3 letter guys. all that is done at the network layer, they can still track you, intecept calls as well as make calls from your number to their own premium numbers without your knowledge for their profit (if theyre that low level). they can even see through your camera and listen through your microphone even if you think the phone is off by calling it from special authorised numbers which is transparent to the user besides them maybe noticing a diference in battery life. the only advantage to having an old school phone is that they dont have a camera to look through.

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/01/if-you-thought-only-govt-spooks-could-tap-into-your-cell-phone-and-track-your-every-movewell-think-again/comment-page-2/#comment-1532674 Benjamin Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:42:17 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49976#comment-1532674 No word on how to delete or detect it. I don't imagine that the software could work on both Palm, Windows, Symbion, and Blackberry. No word on how to delete or detect it. I don’t imagine that the software could work on both Palm, Windows, Symbion, and Blackberry.

]]> By: jccalhoun http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/01/if-you-thought-only-govt-spooks-could-tap-into-your-cell-phone-and-track-your-every-movewell-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1532665 jccalhoun Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:27:15 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49976#comment-1532665 Oh, and more evidence this story is just being brought up again because the local news wanted to get some ratings? ABC's story was originally posted June 25, 2007 Oh, and more evidence this story is just being brought up again because the local news wanted to get some ratings? ABC’s story was originally posted June 25, 2007

]]> By: jccalhoun http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/01/if-you-thought-only-govt-spooks-could-tap-into-your-cell-phone-and-track-your-every-movewell-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1532656 jccalhoun Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:11:24 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49976#comment-1532656 This might be little more than hysterical sensationalistic reporting by the local news (shocking to think, I know!). I searched for "Courtney Kuykendall" and came up with a story on ABC http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Story?id=3312813&page=1 from that story: "The police say they are stumped, but they have not ruled out the possibility that the alleged victims are making the whole thing up." <i>"Most of the harassment appears directed at Courtney Kuykendall, police said, adding that most, but not all, of the calls have been traced back to her phone. Police are not calling the 16-year-old a suspect, though the unusual tale has raised some eyebrows. "It wouldn't be prudent not to look internally" at the family, said Ed Troyer, a Pierce County Sheriff's Department detective."</i> The comments on that story are pretty entertaining too. One poster claims that he/she has been harassed by the computer since 2005 even when the computer is off. ..I think the only thing off is that person is off the medication... This might be little more than hysterical sensationalistic reporting by the local news (shocking to think, I know!). I searched for “Courtney Kuykendall” and came up with a story on ABC http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Story?id=3312813&page=1
from that story: “The police say they are stumped, but they have not ruled out the possibility that the alleged victims are making the whole thing up.”
“Most of the harassment appears directed at Courtney Kuykendall, police said, adding that most, but not all, of the calls have been traced back to her phone.

Police are not calling the 16-year-old a suspect, though the unusual tale has raised some eyebrows. “It wouldn’t be prudent not to look internally” at the family, said Ed Troyer, a Pierce County Sheriff’s Department detective.”

The comments on that story are pretty entertaining too. One poster claims that he/she has been harassed by the computer since 2005 even when the computer is off. ..I think the only thing off is that person is off the medication…

]]> By: Olo Baggins of Bywater http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/01/if-you-thought-only-govt-spooks-could-tap-into-your-cell-phone-and-track-your-every-movewell-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1532618 Olo Baggins of Bywater Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:57:27 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49976#comment-1532618 #15...I think Scott meant he has a regular 'cell phone', one without all the extras. #15…I think Scott meant he has a regular ‘cell phone’, one without all the extras.

]]> By: tom http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/06/01/if-you-thought-only-govt-spooks-could-tap-into-your-cell-phone-and-track-your-every-movewell-think-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1532617 tom Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:55:51 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=49976#comment-1532617 For those who want to look at the actual software: http://flexispy.com/spyphone-call-interceptor-gps-tracker-symbian.htm For those who want to look at the actual software:

http://flexispy.com/spyphone-call-interceptor-gps-tracker-symbian.htm

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