[Scan-DC] Secret US spy program targeted Americans' cellphones

[Dewey3]

PCWorld is now jumping on the same story:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2848072/us-putting-fake-cell-towers-in-planes-to-spy-on-people-report-says.html#tk.nl_today

Dewey

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Blair Thompson <b_thom at juno.com> wrote:

> The "fake communications towers" meme has been a popular one recently. I
> don't know what to make of it.
>
> Faux cell towers are real, but fake intercept towers are phony
>
> http://www.wirelessestimator.com/breaking_news.cfm#faux
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Merlin <merlin at merlinjacobs.com>
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Secret US spy program targeted Americans' cellphones
> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:55:29 -0500
>
> Published November 13, 2014
>
> The Wall Street Journal
>
> The Justice Department is scooping up data from thousands of cellphones
> through fake communications towers deployed on airplanes,...
>