HOW TO PROTECT YOUR POWERED-OFF iPHONE FROM NSA SPYING

photo Josh Valcarcel - Wired

Just because you turned off your phone doesn’t mean the NSA isn’t using it to spy on you.

 

Edward Snowden’s latest revelation about the NSA’s snooping inspired an extra dose of shock and disbelief when he said the agency’s hackers can use a mobile phone as a bug even after it’s been turned off.

The whistleblower made that eye-opening claim when Brian Williams of NBC Nightly News, holding his iPhone aloft during last Wednesday’s interview, asked, “What can the NSA do with this device if they want to get into my life? Can anyone turn it on remotely if it’s off? Can they turn on apps?

 

“They can absolutely turn them on with the power turned off to the device,” Snowden replied.

Snowden didn’t offer any details on this seemingly magical feat. But a group of particularly cunning iPhone hackers say it’s possible. They also say you can totally and completely turn off your iPhone so no one—not even the NSA—can use it to spy on you.

Read more, watch video and learn how to protect your phone from the NSA  -  http://www.wired.com/2014/06/nsa-bug-iphone/

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