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August 2, 2013 05:39 pm GMT
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FBI Can Remotely Activate Android Smartphone And Laptop Mics, WSJ Reports
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the FBI employs a number of high-tech hacker tactics in its efforts to round up information on suspects, including the ability to remotely activate microphones on Android devices and notebook computers, according to one of its sources who is described as a "former U.S. official." These and other tools are brought to bear in cases related to organized crime, counterterrorism or child pornography, according to the WSJ report.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Dh88AatBgPk/
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