NSA can acces your smartphone

[Mynick]

The NSA can access data from your smartphone according to Edward Snowden.

See more here. (http://thehackernews.com/2013/09/nsa-can-access-your-data-on-smartphones.html)

[kylem1229]

Goodbye privacy or "Americas Freedom"

[Cygnus]

Why am I not surprised?

[Tarannosaurus]

Yup the smartphone never fully shuts down either and they have trackers. So there's some benefits of having an old symbian but I suppose there's probably something in that too, no phone is safe. There's actually a way of blocking the tracker signal with some sort of metal (forgot the name) but you can't use your phone properly.

[karl]

The US National Security Agency (NSA) is reported have cracked the security codes which protect data on iPhones, Blackberries and Android devices.

German news weekly Der Spiegel says documents suggest the NSA and the British GCHQ made joint efforts to gather intelligence.

Teams looked at each phone to crack its privacy codes, Der Spiegel said.

Saturday saw thousands of demonstrators in Berlin demand that the NSA stop monitoring internet users.

Full story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24009342

[laurakoller0815]

privacy is just an illusion. now all the ppl are wondering what the nsa and other intelligence service do all day long. the question is since when they are able doing that...

[TheBigUnit]

shoooooot so youre now telling me clearing history and cookies isnt enough anymore!?!

[britishboy]

good!

[Mynick]

shoooooot so youre now telling me clearing history and cookies isnt enough anymore!?!
Even if that was sarcasm, it never was.

[britishboy]

oh actually it's not that good, bad people will use the older phones, they must monitor them as well!

[Human]

Luckily I don't use a phone so no spying on me :P

[Abyssal Echo]

somehow I'm not surprised

[vLiinx]

it depends what they use the data for =/

[Mynick]

it depends what they use the data for =/
It's violating your privacy nonetheless

[vLiinx]

It's violating your privacy nonetheless

If they are doing it for absolutely nothing then thats wrong.
Is it only in the USA?

[britishboy]

it depends what they use the data for =/

stopping criminals, rapists, pedophiles and terrorists!

[Mynick]

If they are doing it for absolutely nothing then thats wrong.
Is it only in the USA?
No idea, but i assume that if they can do it world while, they do it.