# Your Nextel Phone Could be Spying on You! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-nextel-phone-could-be-spying-on-you/382792 "2006-12-04T05:16:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-nextel-phone-could-be-spying-on-you/382792/1 "2006-12-04T05:16:33Z")
[Cellphones used to eavesdrop on mobsters.](http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6140191.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn) > [@](#): > > The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a mobile phone’s microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby conversations. > > The technique is called a “roving bug,” and was approved by top U.S. Department of Justice officials for use against members of a New York organized crime family who were wary of conventional surveillance techniques such as tailing a suspect or wiretapping him. > > Nextel cell phones owned by two alleged mobsters, John Ardito and his attorney Peter Peluso, were used by the FBI to listen in on nearby conversations. The FBI views Ardito as one of the most powerful men in the Genovese family, a major part of the national Mafia. I say, spread the word, that way we won’t have to listen to that damned _breeep!_ all the time. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-nextel-phone-could-be-spying-on-you/382792/2 "2006-12-04T10:17:50Z")
First I’ve heard about this “roving bug” in cell phones. This is truly sickening.