[FYI] Beware the Spy Phone

["Axel H Horns" <axel.h.horns@gmx.net>]

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March 03, 2004
Beware the Spy Phone

A company named Endoacustica claims they can modify Nokia and Siemens 
cell phones to reprogram them as spy phones. The site displays the 
Nokia 8310 relabeled as the "SPY-PH-NOKIA 8310". This phone can be 
used with any sim card in any country.

They claim the cell phone operates as usual for incoming and outgoing 
calls. That is, until someone calls it using a preprogrammed number. 
Then it answers automatically without ringing or lighting up, and the 
display appears to remain in ordinary standby. This enables the 
caller to listen to the cell phone's surrounding sounds and 
conversations, rather like a baby monitor.

Bottom line: Don't accept cell phones as gifts or loaners. I suppose 
it depends upon how the modification is done, but wouldn't the 
eavesdropper's airtime show up on the spyphone's monthly provider 
bill?
[Link courtesy of Gizmodo.]
Topic(s):   Privacy & Security
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