Via Julian:

Not only can [cell phone] operators pinpoint users to within yards of their location by “triangulating” the signals from three base stations, but - according to a report in the Financial Times - the operators (under instructions from the authorities) can remotely install software onto a handset to activate the microphone even when the user is not making a call.

Article here.

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