On 12/12/2018 16:04, nospam wrote:
In article , Panthera Tigris Altaica
wrote:


It can be on and still act as if it is off. You have no way of
telling without some pretty sophisticated test equipment, and even
then, if I thought it may be monitored I'd find a way for it to hide
all activity until the threat passed.

I find this difficult to believe. For one thing, if this is true, then
why has no-one ever seen this magical spy equipment when they take a
phone apart?

exactly.


No one can see what is *INSIDE* a COMPONENT i.e. within the circuitry of
a 'chip'.

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Regards,
David B.