http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/07/15/201490397/How-Hackers-Tapped-Into-My-Verizon-Cellphone-For-250
 
 
 
I originally heard this story back in July and I figured I'd post a topic about it. Cellphone companies have to ensure that people can use their service in their homes, but many newer homes have great roofing insulation.. so good that it blocks RF signals aka cellphone service as a side effect. So the cellphone companies made a product called a femtocell to give people in blackout areas or low signal areas full cellphone service. My brother had one of these when he was using Sprint. It connected to his high speed internet and he got a much better signal. These femtocells can be bought in electronic stores and online.. The range on these are small.. If someone is going to spy on you, it'll most likely be a neighbor in an apartment building where more people could be affected. Your phone will not show any roaming bars or give you any notification that you are on a femtocell (some might give you a double dial tone but only when making a call, not receiving one).. the phone will look like its on a regular connection and you will never know if someone is reading all your texts or recording your calls.
 
Now think about how easily the police or NSA can listen in..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXyCbrdQEyA
 
This phone will always be listening.. As if people weren't concerned before about the Kinect watching and listening to you.. now your smartphone will listen in on everything as it waits to hear its voice commands. I would only like this feature if I had the option to turn it off.
 

 
Thats a nice feature.. shake the camera to enable camera and then take a quick pic.. at least until you start jogging.. then your phone will be taking a bunch of pictures of the inside of your pants.
 
http://www.motorola.com/us/consumers/Moto-X/moto-x,en_US,pg.html
 
Heres a couple articles about it:
 
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2422605,00.asp
 
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2422625,00.asp
 
In my opinion, I would never buy this phone. Mostly because it is a Motorola.. and this is why I would never buy a Motorola:
 
http://www.ancientclan.com/blog/1/entry-368-this-is-why-i-will-never-own-another-motorola-phone/
 
 
So what do you guys think? Decent phone? Great new features? Iphone Siri ripoff?

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Basically as long as you have WIFI turned on, your phone will recognize WIFI networks in the area. Even if you do not connect to any WIFI networks, those networks can see your phone and just like your phone can recognize a network is in the area... But these networks will record your MAC address and can then determine your position in the store, watch where you are going and know everything you are looking at as long as you are within range of it.
Turn your WIFI off when you are not using it.
Source: Lifehacker

http://lifehacker.com/how-retail-stores-track-you-using-your-smartphone-and-827512308
 



   

 
Basically as long as you have WIFI turned on, your phone will recognize WIFI networks in the area. Even if you do not connect to any WIFI networks, those networks can see your phone and just like your phone can recognize a network is in the area... But these networks will record your MAC address and can then determine your position in the store, watch where you are going and know everything you are looking at as long as you are within range of it.
 
Turn your WIFI off when you are not using it.


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