Re:Signs of Secret Phone Surveillance Across London
by tombrossman on Friday January 15, 2016 @08:41AM
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Reading the blog post, it definitely does not 'debunk' the Washington Post report. All it does is take issue with Snowden's blanket claim that all mobiles are vulnerable (which is a good point and is one I'm inclined to agree with).
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Re:Signs of Secret Phone Surveillance Across London
by nabla9 on Friday January 15, 2016 @10:10AM
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Let's not confuse mass surveillance and targeted surveillance of small number of people. They are two different things.
Snowden is right when he says that every phone is vulnerable for targeted surveillance. For people like him, every phone is dangerous even when they are closed.
Mass surveillance is different. NSA can't just pick random person and remotely track their phone when it's turned off.