Ronan Farrow explains how your phone could be used to spy on you

[@karenvigorito2354]

HBO needs to make this doc free to the public as a public service alert.

[@MariaM-up2he]

I agree ☝️ I hope we can see it here.

[@nobody4933]

What are you going I learn from it. Since the invention of the smart phone this has been a thing. There is nothing new here and if you think it is then you are just a moron plain and simple...

[@Anil18834]

Why are we surprised? Weren't we paying attention to the Patriot Act of 2001 and every other iteration of privacy laws sonce then? There has been more than one whistle blower on the subject. Did we forget about Ed Snowden and others? Pegasus isn't new. This has been discussed and reported by 60 Minutes and every major publication.

[@StrangelySansName]

​@@Anil18834It's not surprising at all to me because I've been paying attention. Tech companies can already do much of what they're talking about but this is on that 1984 level.

[@malachi-]

@@Anil18834 Totally, but it goes back way further. 'The Century of the Self - Part 1: "Happiness Machines"'

[@edwinrivera4735]

Remember people saying, "if you have nothing to hide why worry?" I never bought into that. Of all the rights we enjoy in this democracy, for me right to privacy is perhaps the most important, it's up there with freedom of speech.

[@dgunearthed7859]

Saying you don't need right of privacy because you've done nothing wrong is like saying you don't need freedom of speech because you have nothing to say. Once it's gone it's gone

[@stockholm1752]

Let’s face it. Everyone has *something* to hide. It’s natural. But when the government decides your innocuous foible or misunderstood eccentricity is a tool to use against you, that’s the danger.

[@RefreshingShamrock]

Always remember, you can run and hide from man, but you cannot hide from God. Man sees what you do in public, but God sees what you do in secret. Privacy protects you from abuse, but take care not to use it to get away with things that are wrong!

[@OldCrow5150]

​​@@dgunearthed7859Nice.😉

[@EMPRESSEMPIRE-jy9pl]

Imagine your informations on a sex trafficking website? Or your family photos all over the internet or your face placed on porn website, that can and could happen ! We just have to be careful.... Your privacy is important it's not about having or not anything to hide ,it's all about a world full of psychos who have nothing else to do but are taking pleasure destroying hard working people for fun or just destroying people's lives in general ,my dear one has to always be cautious of his privacy. The world is going banana nowadays!

[@GeeBoggs]

If Ronan said it, I believe it. That young man’s beyond remarkable.

[@ClaraSunshine]

Absolutely! Agree.

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

@@ClaraSunshine 😂😂😂😂😂 oh my god wow he is 😭😭

[@ballinhunter12]

You really believe anything you see on this legacy media? Must be a demoncrat

[@andrewcoleman77]

Yeah he's a remarkable projectionist. Remarkably naive and deceived about the danger of leftist ideologies. He's in the soup and he doesn't even know it. And Jake Tapper! What a joke. Both are purely propagandists.

[@srp4551]

I was just thinking the same thing.

[@w1z4rd9]

Saying you don't need the right to privacy just because you don't need it right now is the same as saying you don't need freedom of speech because you don't want to use it right now.

[@jeffchastain2977]

Or you don't need food because you just ate lunch.

[@jack_waterman]

Denounce BLM as a hate group, then.

[@ReubenClough]

Ronan Farrow is the real deal and we need more journalists like him…..❤

[@brendacox8861]

B ahh

[@AnaAna-jh5wt]

Gorgeous 😍

[@murraypassarieu9115]

He’s a liar

[@kellyq21]

He's incredibly handsome (and I'm straight lol).

[@heyyall5651]

I'm in love with his intelligence & bravery ❤️

[@frederikbjerre427]

We live in a fucked up world.

[@LannieLord]

Wuhan Lab.

[@undertow2142]

Don’t worry the politicians would never enact terrible policies that only benefit the ultra rich who donated to them. They all said that the billions of dollars would never influence their choices.

[@undertow2142]

Don’t worry the politicians would never enact terrible policies that only benefit the ultra rich who donated to them. They all said that the billions of dollars would never influence their choices.

[@cmgweb6951]

You're just realizing that now? How about 6000 years of lies for starters!!

[@user-sk1eh3pg6j]

It doesn't have to be that way. But unfortunately we live in a world where a slight majority thought it would be smart to choose a felon over a prosecutor just so they can have cheaper gas and eggs. Boy are they in for a big surprise. Stupidty will be the next FDA labeled "DISEASE" come next year. Just watch.

[@mag4peace]

The phone is another bane of society in so many ways. Most people don’t care. That indifference will come at a huge cost.

[@chriss6716]

If I could like you comment 1000 times I would. It says a lot.

[@babybirdhome]

The tool isn't the issue, the broken morality that abuses it is. Everything can be abused, but we wouldn't want to go back to living by ourselves in caves. After all, even a cave can be sealed shut by someone willing to do it to you.

[@jackstiles458]

The phone is the new crack pipe. Most Americans share the same additive behavior with crackheads by the use of cell phones.

[@AimeeAimee444]

I’m not a phone addict. I’ve caught my IPad spying and told Siri to go f#$/ off. She responded in an offended way which was equally unsettling. It’s smart to reboot everyday and put your phone or iPad on airplane mode at night. *Buy those plastic sliders that cover your camera when not in use*

[@PaulHAMCO]

My passenger had their location on & I found out…

[@abelinaportillo1783]

This why Snowden is wanted by the U.S. government He told us, both cell phone and computer cameras are recording us some how.

[@KerryNelson-d8d]

Add TVs to that list.

[@karenb4148]

No, that's not why. He revealed information that got our intelligence assets MURDERED. You must be a Russian asset yourself...

[@fatherdamien69]

Put tape over your computers cameras. I do it with all my devices because it creeps me out.

[@gmaureen]

@@fatherdamien69 Same here...black tape. I also took most apps off my phone, the less personal/financial info on my phone the better I feel.

[@linsqopiring6816]

@@gmaureen The video camera sadly is the only thing there is a good answer for.

[@debbiem.3128]

Mad respect to Ronan Farrow.

[@colinjames2469]

jeez. gettalife

[@andyjulia]

@@colinjames2469he who makes a stupid comment like yours needs a life.

[@ShellyBomb]

​@@andyjuliaExactly 💯% 😂

[@Here4TheHeckOfIt]

We should be respecting people who fight for truth and reality. Too many confuse lying con men with intelligence

[@malachi-]

Ronan Redford

[@rebeccaketner816]

The solution is: put the phone down, leave it at home, forget about it. We don’t need to take them with us everywhere. We don’t need to be on social media.

[@chillnophone2024]

🎉

[@grospipo20]

Or apple and google could find the flaw in their system and patch them. Isn't that simpler?

[@tandt7694]

They would have to think it's a flaw first. ​@@grospipo20

[@wenstephen23]

Righhtttt! ❤

[@thisorthat7626]

@@grospipo20 Maybe these aren't flaws...

[@DailyTimeUS]

You know Ronan Farrow really wants to educate the masses cause he explains stuff in the simplest possible terms. No nitty gritty details, no fancy jargons. Straight to the point.

[@OSnoopySnoop1]

HE'S ALWAYS INVESTIGATING THINGS WE SHOULD KNOW 💯💪

[@DisaffectedLiberal]

@@OSnoopySnoop1 When will he investigate the mystery of your broken caps lock button?

[@TonyMasterson-b3z]

@@OSnoopySnoop1 I would like to know what happened to CNN's 17.2 million subscribers.

[@OSnoopySnoop1]

@TonyMasterson-b3z THEY'RE STILL THERE JUST NOT IN THE COMMENT SECTION LIKE BEFORE EVEN THO' ONLY 800,000+ REAL AMERICANS WATCH CNN HERE IN AMERICA 🇺🇲😂🤣

[@TonyMasterson-b3z]

@@OSnoopySnoop1 when was the last time Cnn got 800,000 views?

[@rjsimpkins2911]

I was talking face to face with someone yesterday and started seeing ads for it on KZbin today. Not a coincidence.

[@marieslabbert6009]

It has happened to me several times. I think it happens to a lot of people, they just do not notice.

[@d.b.cooper1]

I mean..that's nothing new & very 2015...we've moved well that since that given how mainstream some of the Israeli systems have become. Used to be niche, but they've turned it into for huge for profit industry that they plan to sell to every govt/random agency. When previously it was just for elite intelligence services.

[@terrirock8537]

Same thing happened to me yesterday. Never have I ever discussed “Patty Hearst” with someone until then and now KZbin videos??

[@denniswilson6673]

Big data and advanced algorithms.

[@d.b.cooper1]

This is very 2015 & not new news to anyone, nor is it even denied much. What this report is about is truly terrifying stuff.

[@user-eh4jv6xw4l]

Yes. Once, I was looking for a mattress. I mentioned it to my daughter, and suddenly Google started showing me mattress ads over and over for weeks. WTF?

[@hendihorlings2341]

I swear the phone listens to us. Even if it's off. I know that sounds crazy.

[@Underthesycamoretree]

@@hendihorlings2341not crazy. I truly believe it does. Have had same experience as commenter at top.

[@Jesseredmn]

BRO HE IS TALKING ABOUT SPYWARE, NOT SOME OF YOUR FAKE NEWS THAT YOU HEAR IN THE INTERNET ABOUT YOUR PHONE LISTENING, YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER THAT

[@biggley2417]

Actually, these algorithms are so accurately predictive now that they can determine your future behaviour from digital traces of your past activity. Your data knew you wanted a mattress before you did. And that should scare you far more than a microphone being turned on.

[@chumpthetraitor7331]

​@@Jesseredmn you must have voted for DonOLD 😂😂

[@SunnyAquamarine2]

I feel sorry for anybody who doesn't already know this.

[@mirandataylor6385]

So if you’ve already known about it for so long what have you done to change it?

[@stefanschleps8758]

I knew this in 1980. Read the "anarchist cookbook" section on electronic surveillance. Our government had the same capability in 1950! You will be shocked to learn how easy it is. SMH....(Privacy my ass!)

[@gdw185]

⁠@@mirandataylor6385I’ve just discovered this last week and have locked down every privacy setting possible on my iPhone, have a VPN on all of my devices and it’s turned on at all times, purchased yubikeys, have obtained secure email and signed up for it without divulging personal information (not this one), have obtained a private online phone number, use secure messaging and phone calls, and use alternate names when needed in public spaces (think Starbucks, etc…) and have started paying cash for everything. Still learning.

[@Here4TheHeckOfIt]

German Stasi comes to mind.

[@SunnyAquamarine2]

@mirandataylor6385 I do what I can when I can. Hbu?

[@AmandaElliott-g5p]

I hit $113k today. Thank you for all the knowledge and nuggets you had thrown my way over the last months. Started last month 2024. Financial education is indeed required for more than 70% of the society in the country as very few are literate on the subject.

[@AndrewHarper-xg9id]

It's essential for you to have a mentor to keep you accountable. Myself, I'm guided by Evelyn Vera. for years and highly recommend her I focus on him. To be honest, I almost didn't buy the idea of letting someone handle growing my finance, but so glad I did.

[@KimClarke-x8i]

I would really love to know how much work you did put in to get to this stage.

[@HannahWood-mf7kc]

Wow! wow! please is there any way to reach her services?

[@JenniferRuiz-j4o]

I keep hearing a lot about Evelyn Vera, she must be really good

[@MichaelDixon-ri5iq]

Really you people know her? I was even thinking that I'm the only one she has helped with trading.

[@suzannarobinson4726]

Anyone surveilling me would die of boredom.

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

So far 😂😂😂😂😂 they struggling 😭😂😭

[@sarzorro]

Me too but that’s didn’t mean I want them to. It’s creepy and scary.

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

@sarzorro it's just people acting dumb and crazy sadly nothing effect people lives the lose to wake up and sleep watching someone else life while yours go by

[@isthatyoursomnomnom]

Samesies

[@RaeRaenicorrrn]

A lot of cat pics of my babies.

[@erincaitlin1655]

Ronan should have his own podcast. We all benefit from his excelkent reporting. Bravo, Sir !

[@Tony-hs8sc]

Hahahaha cnn seems to be doing a ton of stories that weirdly call out stuff like this … And thankfully they will be FOLLOWING up hard core over next 4 years…. But it’s odd they FORGOT to mention notice or were allowed to say a word for last 4 years? Probably a coincidence…. lol cnn - stop it ! You’re tooo pathetic and everyone is laughing at you !!

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

@@erincaitlin1655 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 what a memory

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question: ▪︎Chinese TikTok - Not Ok ▪︎Israeli Pegasus - Ok?

[@colinjames2469]

not

[@marciasloan534]

HE NEEDS TIME TO INVESTIGATE

[@harmonbrentdm]

Makes you want to go from a smart phone back to an old flip phone or dumb phone.

[@beth8775]

Yep

[@katalystkatapatheticalyssa5987]

They could probably activate the microphone on them too.

[@katalystkatapatheticalyssa5987]

@suzannemeowmeow Your pfp. 😂

[@imperfectionist2575]

​@@katalystkatapatheticalyssa5987 At least with flip phones, you can remove the battery in a second without destroying the phone...

[@linniem5982]

They get hacked too.

[@nigeljohnson9820]

This is Orwell's Big Brother, the only difference is that Orwell did not predict that the public would enthusiastically purchase the equipment used to watch them.

[@RMW565]

Kinds like the jab, huh?

[@RenataCantore]

Excellent observation 👌

[@nigeljohnson9820]

@RMW565 no, not like the jab.

[@zombies4evadude24]

Our current society is a giant conglomerate between Brave New World Fahrenheit 451 1984 Handmaid’s Tale The Purge (Series) Especially the first two right now, but the others… They’re coming.

[@nigeljohnson9820]

@@zombies4evadude24 basically all the 20th century sci-fi predicted dystopian futures rolled into one. I can think of several more that were missed off the list, Orwell's 1984 (he only got the date wrong), and the story line to the film Soylent Green. What is it about society that drives it to the dark side? Maybe it's entropy related, there are far more ways for the future to go bad than be good.

[@eclipsey999]

Why don’t Apple and Google update their operating systems to stop Pegasus being installed?

[@colinjames2469]

lol

[@oneof6billionpeople]

To Apples credit, they are suing the Israeli company that makes Pegasus and have refused to cooperate with the government. The FBI had to go to a different from Pegasus Israeli spyware company to hack into the Trump shooters phone because Apple wouldn’t do it for them. Google was started by the NSA so don’t expect any privacy.

[@davedave2941]

Because they are in on it - data is the new currency

[@sarahnicoleanastasia]

Your phone use creates data which creates wealth for these scammers..i mean..CEOs and tech bros.

[@marieslabbert6009]

I think they listen in too, that is why you receive ads about what you were talking about with a friend or family member.

[@nicolemurphy2629]

Privacy is a Human Right

[@sticklerforchange]

Well, it used to be one.

[@erincaitlin1655]

Not when you're living in a fascist regime ...

[@cmgweb6951]

I just heard some 'spokeswoman' from Israel on CNN yesterday call 'human rights' a 'secular religion'. The masses are completely clueless to the evil running this show.

[@Yestothetalk]

Aren’t there any privacy laws we can use to win this?

[@lilb-g5t]

I am a victim of phone hacking and I a not able to stop people who are doing this by changing my SIM card over and over again. Due to the perpetual sim changing, I have no old data or numbers that I must have to have. My life is affected by it in many ways, since ever conversation and moves that I have also being discussed by those people and most of the time I see their reaction vividly, whether it is positive or negative. In a world where privacy right is dodged only an act of violence and aggression will keep thriving. Not every crime is a real crime. Some murders and crimes happen as a result of not getting justice. Maybe….the only thing you can do is to give them a lesson in a mysterious way, so that they know there is justice called … ‘ An eye for an eye!’

[@haranper]

Just the mere fact that you get ads based on conversations that you have with other people is a sign that they use your phone´s mic to influence you to buy something through unsolicited advertising that you didn´t check on your phone before. And I´m talking from my own personal experience. So think for a second what they can do with more sensitive information about yourself. I believe in the fact that we are being surveilled. We are living scary times!.

[@kenbob1071]

I get KZbin video recommendations based on my conversations with my gf. Sometimes we just pick a random topic on purpose to see if we can get KZbin videos to pop up on that same subject.

[@bonnielovely]

phones have been recording voice for targeted ads since at least 2011, the technology continues to get better & better 🫣

[@bonnielovely]

@@kenbob1071i do this too, but also in reverse. like if i get an ad i don’t like, i will complain loudly about how i don’t use that product & i’ll never get another ad for it

[@redBANG]

Ronan Farrow is very impressive!

[@SunLightFawn]

His bio Dad Is Frank Sinatra* ;-)

[@timmaloney6441]

"just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not following you". basically why I got off of facebook .

[@bobbied556]

Just left X for the same reason

[@williambent9636]

yes, first heard it as "just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not after me" used it as a title for a paper i wrote on stalin's paranoia

[@StrangelySansName]

Same. But it's been known that FB has been tracking us and harvesting our info for years, even if we don't have FB.

[@timmaloney6441]

@@StrangelySansName Probably harmless - but creepy none the less

[@c.l.9344]

This is disgusting. What ever happened to the right of privacy.

[@niteshades_promise]

it ended in 2001. where you been? 😂 🍻

[@terrycohen4448]

Those of you dissing Ronan that we already knew this, sure, but he is talking about higher level spying via particular Spyware infection that takes it to a high level of data swiping. Getting grocery ads when you talk spaghetti is one thing; obtaining info to affect governments or commit murder is another.

[@santostv.]

But we also already know about,the usa was found spying on their allies for example , we know about pegasus and who knows what is out there

[@MariaM-up2he]

I agree that happened in Spain during the crisis with Catalonia that they wanted to separate from Spain. I am from there, there were false propaganda also in Google manipulating people obviously they didn’t know very well the language and local slang and were obvious they were foreigners. Few years ago.

[@matthijsbos4870]

If you talk about something with another, you will see ads. Put it to the test, think about something you normally NEVER talk about. Weed, Wheelchairs, Travel Insurance. Talk about it next to your phone, you will see adds.

[@DisaffectedLiberal]

Ads*

[@asbisi]

I have noticed exactly this a few times.

[@gandalfstormcrow8439]

I'll buy it But might be confirmation bias.

[@kadarabdullahi]

Same if you text it or Google the product/service

[@ioy2023]

​@@StephenRoss-po1rpads

[@trueloveingod2691]

God bless Ronan, he’s very brave. Extremely important report.

[@molassescricket6663]

We’re all being surveilled. Have been for many years now.

[@Diametricallyopposed00]

Everything changed after 9/11 and the patriot act was passed, allowing this to happen.

[@dd12345-j]

As soon as they started putting cameras everywhere, I knew that we lost all of our privacy. We need laws to protect us.

[@robertholbert3564]

Edward Snowden told us that years ago. My iPhone turns on by itself at night.

[@OSnoopySnoop1]

ITZ LISTENING TO AND 👀 WATCHIN' YOU 😅😂😅😂

[@jeniferjohnson374]

Why does your phone turn on at night?

[@seanmccartney5177]

YUP!

[@robertholbert3564]

@jeniferjohnson374 Yes sometimes my phone can be sitting idly and off. And then it turns back on by itself. I'm not the only one having problems with this.

[@jeniferjohnson374]

@ wow. I've had it happen once with an older phone. It was an 8+ iPhone

[@TinaHyde]

Protect Ronan!! 🛡️

[@Asiablue]

“…it could happen here…” No. It HAS happened here. 100% guarantee.

[@mikesmith4352]

Really was hoping he would give more ideas on how to protect ourselves, like where to look and what to look for

[@AnaAdventurer-e1r]

Hopefully there are more helpful ideas in the documentary.

[@richardbernard6845]

It is good to see Ronan Farrow again. Considering the sea change in power that is about to occur, this information is salient and relevant to this moment. Our side need to recognize the scope and scale of this new risk and take corrective action to mitigate it. I am a retired consulting technologist and was warning my client twenty five years ago, before the year 2000, the biggest threat we had to worry about was losing control of our privacy. That foreboding prophesy unfortunately came true.

[@stephenwatts985]

They can screen shot you or anything you're phone is facing, they can track your location from your phone and listen to your conversation even when not in use. Why do you think all they sale now is phones with the battery sealed inside the phone?

[@ladybug4207]

Hmmmm......good point

[@KyleGalbraith-e7p]

How do you know this? Tell me more..

[@Tearoze]

Absolutely 💯

[@jepulis6674]

​@@ladybug4207Its a moronic point. Battery being in place makes no difference.

[@VMR8648]

Can they read my thoughts 💭??😊

[@angelacharin636]

If you don't want to be tracked where you go leave you phone at home and away from private conversations. That also means no Alexa in your home.

[@uschischueller4643]

All newer cars can track you and submit your conversation without a cell phone

[@MariaM-up2he]

Even if you talk to yourself??? That’s what I do haha

[@StrangelySansName]

I was just saying something similar in another response.

[@leidenjun]

We're already in dystopia

[@theresamay9481]

A friend who works in the cyber security field told my family to never use the FB app, they can actually spy on you and listen to what you're saying. Using it on the web is OK. They also recommend turning off the microphone on all apps and turning off your smartphone at night: completely OFF.

[@itsROMPERS...]

Great idea, so if a family member or friend has an emergency, they can't reach you. "Pick up, your kid was in a car crash!" Next message: "never mind, too late."

[@smartmarketing173]

I think they meant reboot

[@itsROMPERS...]

@@smartmarketing173 no, he said "turn it... Completely OFF". "Reboot" is turning it off and then back on.

[@ivobyrt]

Yes, as Ricky Gervais once said, we're all scared of Ronan Farrow.

[@kennyroman9589]

This is so trump and team can establish there New World Order! " Order out've chaos!" Hello?

[@OSnoopySnoop1]

THAT'S BECAUSE HE TELLS US WHAT THEY DON'T WANT US TO KNOW 😏💯💪😂

[@jennifergray5499]

​@@kennyroman9589 what a crazy, narrow minded thing to say... 😢they've been spying on us forever..it didn't start with the current administration.

[@itsmep7449]

Yes it is scary and it shouldn't be done.

[@OSnoopySnoop1]

DUH 🙄🙃🤣

[@JamilaJibril-e8h]

​@@OSnoopySnoop1😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@OSnoopySnoop1]

@@JamilaJibril-e8h ✊😎✌️😅😂🤣

[@08turboSS]

If you cant pull battery its not off.

[@Ax.DaEdge]

..and with all Phones being created with non-removable batteries. They are doomed!

[@MaxItUpwithMarta]

Ronan Sparrow is one of a kind.

[@gabrielleangelica1977]

So we're NOT paranoid!

[@TrineDaely]

You said yes to all manner of social media & other apps. Govt doesn't need to track you when you willingly put a spy in your pocket.

[@janetl9984]

My speculation: big business is tracking and making bucks doing so. Target ads, sell data to other businesses, etc.

[@nancycornett9949]

Thank you Ronan!

[@ninjadood7745]

My rotary phone seems to be working fine.

[@katalystkatapatheticalyssa5987]

So does mine! Gonna have to make a switch. Landlines are going out, so the interest in tapping them probably will too.

[@MariaM-up2he]

And your 1950’s pick up truck.

[@robert_nyc]

Run for public office Ronan PLEASE

[@SlW-p4k]

We all know it. Everyone should be emailing or calling your representatives and senators to demand our privacy rights be restored.

[@Lisa-welder1]

I think it's to late.😮

[@nicolemurphy2629]

Yeah we know but what can be done about it ? They do it to ordinary people

[@kennyroman9589]

This is so trump and team can establish there New World Order! " Order out've chaos!" Hello?

[@lesliepropheter5040]

Because they want to sell you stuff with ADs

[@youknowwhat1352]

@@lesliepropheter5040 no they want to know as much about you as possible, it's not just about selling you stuff

[@birdyla6938]

​@@kennyroman9589No, you've got it wrong. Trump is fighting against the new world order. That's why he's turning more power over to the states and pulling our country out of world organizations

[@margreethere8786]

That's why when you mention something in private conversation it shows up in less that 48 hours on the internet, I've experienced it enough to notice and I'm not the only one. So yeah, it's been going on a very long time.

[@Pr41s3God]

Bringing truth to light this is great.

[@Mt-ue9qz]

Everybody should say zebra, zebra, zebra everyday and see what your ads look like.

[@smartmarketing173]

I’m not in the market for a zebra. Tried that last month and now I have 3 😂

[@SweetSassyBull]

I'm seriously going to try it as I've had ads come up based on conversations I've had so often.

[@beardzgorski8397]

ok...lol

[@mytravls]

How about when a comment is liked like this one? Then will The ads show up! I’ll come Back and share 😂

[@pythonprogrammer7354]

My phone knows my location even if it's turned off.

[@alexi.3414]

He looks so much like his mom! And this story is creepy AF.

[@junglechick13]

The surveillance age with unwilling participants.

[@815donalduck]

Ditch your phone. Period.

[@landybueno]

OLD NEWS… I have been realizing for a long while that we are being watched and listened to

[@Jaded368]

Me also

[@bernay8274]

This people can never stop. It is so shameful

[@ClayParrish-t7g]

This isn’t news. We’ve known this.

[@jule3480]

Good story Ronan and CNN. I’ve learnt a lot of what apps collect information and adjusting settings to prevent spying.

[@gregbors8364]

Pro tip: when going out into the woods to bury a body, leave your phone at home

[@Standing_horse]

I always do

[@TateA2025]

😂😂😂😂😂. I’ll keep that in mind for next time.😂😂😂😂

[@ptysme]

Comments like this is what make the internet fun. 🤣

[@OSnoopySnoop1]

THEY HAVE PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA RECORDING THEIR CRIMES FOR CLOUT THESE DAYS 😂

[@seanmccartney5177]

Or just going to the store............. Abolish "Smart" phones

[@CrochetIsLife54]

“Could be?” It already is! If I have a discussion about something, the next day I start getting advertising related to that subject. I recently was talking to a woman who had an apparent stalker and we talked about her getting a weapon for security. The next day, I had ads for a local gun range.

[@kelleyhestir4613]

Ed Snowden alerted us to this six years ago. Glad to see an investigation from the best.

[@KOOLBadger]

This is totally true..😢

[@thecly9245]

Your phone is listening to you and watching you watch this stream

[@SweetSassyBull]

😮 😢

[@user-remix76]

It's called Google and Facebook

[@jeniferjohnson374]

Hasn't this been a thing for years now?

[@CheekyBird790]

yes! at least 12 or more years but its more insidious than ever.

[@walternullifidian]

They won't find anything of interest on my phone, but I'd still rather they wouldn't do it.

[@themusicmaker8455]

Your name birth social credit card address friends posts wants likes dislikes and everything else......no they won't know anything about you

[@OSnoopySnoop1]

THEN GET SOME BIZZNESS SO THAT YOUR 📱 PHONE CAN SPY ON YOU😅😂

[@gayshawndayleequeef1946]

Our phones will eventually aid in the enforcement of laws typically not focused on because of the amount of people breaking them and the man power required to enforce every infraction witnessed, but now we have smart devices ai, cellphones, mic, gps, dozens of sensors, and cameras in every persons pocket and devices around us that log and report everything going on around it. Lot of data to go through but when the cost to benefit ratio is right you can count on it being used for the most minor things. Show me the man I'll show you the crime is gonna be very easy this time around gonna make the old KGB days look like Sunday school

[@beth8775]

Maybe nothing of interest right now, but with looming authoritarianism? Everybody disagrees with government policies at some point. Sure we have the First Amendment in the US, but what happens when somebody decides that dissent = terrorism? I hope and pray we never find out, but with some of the right's rhetoric, I'm not sure.

[@beth8775]

Maybe nothing of interest right now, but with looming authoritarianism? Everybody disagrees with government policies at some point. Sure we have the First Amendment in the US, but what happens when somebody decides that dissent = terrorism? I hope and pray we never find out, but with some of the right's rhetoric, I'm not sure.

[@MariaM-up2he]

Do you guys know the Murdaugh case? The father killed his son and wife and the phone proof he was there. Minutes before killed the his son was with his friend dog that got hurt on his tail and was sending his friend a snap chat with the image and the father voice got recorded. The father didn’t know his son was recording. Because of bad coverage the message was sent but not received. So his friend couldn’t answer. The father then killed then right away and checked his sons phone but they were nothing because bad coverage. Not answer . The father said he was not there but the son accidentally recorded his father on the snap chat and that’s how he got caught.

[@crystalv6122]

This can also be used for blackmail. It’s not only to prevent crime.

[@27retrodaze]

I have said things ONE time that Ive never talked about before... And then got multiple ads for that thing the very next day... This has happened a few times.

[@TiffanyM-co6dm]

I ate a KIND bar the other day and immediately got an ad for KIND bars of that flavor. I bought them over a month ago and I don't normally get ads for them. I hadn't spoken, written about, or searched for them recently. I'm going to put a sticker over my laptop camera again, because that seems like the most obvious way the KIND bar could have been detected.

[@amypola5903]

Ugh. Im so sick of blaming the current or upcoming administration on stuff like this. Edward Snowden warned of this YEARS ago. Stop acting like its new and the new Presidents fault. It needs to stop either way. Maybe this democracy should have handled Edward Snowden differently. Maybe they could start with an apology.

[@birdyla6938]

I agree

[@abbeybon]

Ha! Let me guess: it won't happen. And even if we receive an apology someday, they will never stop it! Ps: Did you hear Hilary Clinton talking about "controlling" before the election?

[@sherryhoward2481]

He should be pardoned and welcomed home. One of our patriots having to live in Russia is a shame.

[@retrogradepink]

They're not saying it's his fault. The implication is that he will allow this technology to be used for nefarious purposes, because he's the most corrupt POS to ever scam his way into the White House.

[@smartmarketing173]

Congress needs to enact legislation. So while I agree, and you can’t blame POTUS for every little thing, this one’s on them in DC.

[@carmenmccauley585]

Ronan.... My hero

[@GIANTDIGGER]

Thank you for this information

[@avjake]

I wonder if he ever sings "My Way" in the shower. Seriously, Ronan is one of America's most valuable reporters alive today. p.s.- Rebooting your phone every day is a good idea in general.

[@mytravls]

Why?

[@moi_seule]

He said "the regime in Madrid" -- that's nonsense.

[@johnrobinson1382]

We all need to go back to the old flip phones

[@Yestothetalk]

Great times

[@rhondachristensen8619]

That's Why, You Are Better Off, With A 1972 " Wall Phone "..Parents, left the Aggravation, At Home..

[@nicolemurphy2629]

That will be infiltrated too obviously

[@OSnoopySnoop1]

OKAY GRANNY 😂

[@Christians4Harris]

They were already switching over to plastic by 1972. Ever tried to Perry Mason -- Blunt Object with a plastic phone? You could drop a Stampeding Elephant with a 1968 Bell - Western Electric Desk Top Model, and STILL make a call. Stampeding Elephants DIDN'T DARE come into our neighborhood. THX Ma Bell.

[@junglechick13]

​@@Christians4Harristhe difference between bakelite and plastic

[@junglechick13]

​@@OSnoopySnoop1she's right 🫤

[@derekseven1647]

Farrow is always on top of things, he looks so much like his mom and dad Frank Sinatra

[@miavos3610]

I've been expecting this for a LONG time. Good luck to them.

[@suzizuki]

jamal kashogi had a price tag of 2 billion..ask jared

[@CheekyBird790]

US $ or Saudi Riyals?

[@itsROMPERS...]

Carry your phone in a Faraday pouch. It won't be able to receive calls but it also won't be able to send anything out until you take it out.

[@deanbardos1950]

They have those?

[@itsROMPERS...]

@deanbardos1950 I'll bet someone makes them, but if they don't, I don't think they'd be that hard to make. I'm not sure, but I think of you just got like a foot of aluminum window screen, folded it to the right size and glued or stapled it, it might do the job. You could wrap it around a fabric pouch to protect your phone. Something like that.

[@deanbardos1950]

@@itsROMPERS... 😎

[@defacto_8840]

Where do I buy One, ready made?

[@user-ti3vp9mt3z]

Amazon​@@defacto_8840

[@journeymansmitty8283]

I was born in the 80s sometimes I leave this phone home a lot LMAO😂😂😂😂😂

[@tfox285]

Keep your phone or devices in a faraday cage when you are not actively using them.

[@DaCocoBrova]

I was never naive enough to think otherwise. The cell phone has always been a trojan horse to the lives of anyone that has one.

[@MariaM-up2he]

This is like the book Fahrenheit 451

[@Lisa-welder1]

No more like 1984 George Orwell

[@pythonprogrammer7354]

That's why I keep my phone off. I don't allow my phone access to history, location, contacts, photos, mic etc. Turn phone of and clear history and cache regularly.

[@samsonnodelilah5459]

Remember those exploding pagers?!!!!!😮

[@lesliepropheter5040]

Yeah, Teslas come to mind. Lithium bombs connected to the internet i.e. cameras and brains, they’re everywhere

[@CheekyBird790]

The Grim Beeper 🙂

[@edpeddle]

We were talking in my kitchen about people working in a soft drink plant dropping pallets of empty cans. The next day on KZbin, the lead item was a guy driving a forklift who dropped pallets of empty cans. I am convinced my phone listens to our conversations because these kinds of obscure subjects have resulted in obscure KZbin items the very next day. We know who you are, we know what you did..........

[@mozartheart2958]

Weekly habit: Stick a USB to your smartphone, backup stuff, then factory reset, then restore from USB.

[@slysite4real]

Pegasus will come back with the usb

[@mjkay8660]

It also sets up innocent people

[@youknowwhat1352]

💯

[@UzairAbdurahman-lc1xf]

I just assume that they watching and listening all the time anyway

[@SaholG]

Any historian writing about the 2020s will need a team of psychiatrists to see it through. AND we're not even 5 years in to this decade.

[@jackiepeavy5505]

Thanks for reporting on this Jake. A tip was given to unplug your wifi once you go to bed so criminals can't access your wifi

[@bexyrexy]

Yay! A news story that’s helpful! (And damn Ronan, your skin is beautiful)

[@TheCrashinitberoger]

Wait what? That thing I always carry with 3 camera, a mic , a gps and access to all my e-data can spy on me . 🤯

[@joebullwinkle5099]

It’s like your phone has become your enemy when anyone with access to this type of software decides to target you. Where is Apple and Google with their supposed dedication to privacy, especially Apple with CEO Cook always telling us how Apple makes personal privacy on their devices a number one priority!

[@rickcortez5190]

Good reporting