Stalker remotely controls family cellphones, even when they're off
To use a TV news cliche, it's like a horror movie come true: three families from Fircrest in Washington State are being harassed by a unknown individual, who somehow has the power to turn cellphones on, send messages, and change ringtones. Over the last few months, the families have had calls that threaten death and violence against them, calls that tell the people what they're doing at that time, and calls that originate from the cellphones of other members of the family. In one case, the stalker changed the ringtone of a phone to say "answer your phone." According to one James M. Atkinson, an apparent expert in these matters who used to provide the CIA with advice in counterintelligence, the technical profficiency to pull off this level of stalking isn't that high: if the FBI can do it, why not some anti-social kid, right?
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Digital Man @ Jun 25th 2007 2:46PM
Oh heck, I'll be the first to post on this.
I'd like to know who their provider is. If they really want to stop this, the family should get new accounts/devices. If the problem returns, I'd say they have grounds for a handsome lawsuit.
Everett @ Jun 25th 2007 5:22PM
Good point. I want to say CDMA, since ESN's are easy to recode while GSM requires SIM's and those are not really possible to duplicate.
Jason @ Jun 25th 2007 10:49PM
This is crazy. they need private security. changing cell plans and accounts and phones didnt work for them, so what do they do? more question i have are: what about their email? regular mail? what else is this person getting into.
seocndly, why dont I know how to do this lol.