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#431: Pegasus Spyware: so dangerous that it should be banned? OTW explains...

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How to Use a Femtosel to Hack Your Phone

A femtosel, if you're not familiar with it, is simply a local mobile cell tower. Verizon sells these to help people who don't have good access to a cell tower and it collects essentially the cell signal. They can turn on your camera, your mic, and listen in to what you're doing. It has been used to stop some terrorist attacks. Yes, it has been done for long for some, but it's been abused as well against opponents of a government’s of human rights activists, of journalists.

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