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[Phil]

"It sends out a covert signal that tricks phones into handing over their unique codes"

This is doublespeak for, "The machine interrogates phones that were designed at the outset to spill the beans to government bodies, at the latter's insistence."

How do you find an FBI agent? Stretch a piece of string between two paper cups. Within five minutes, there will be two guys in dark suits at the centre point of the string, trying to intercept your conversation.

Phil M1GWZ



On 5 Mar 2015, at 18:16, Richard Barth wrote:

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