[m21sniper]

None other than Fox news has reported that the gov't can (with a warrant they say) turn on your cell-phone in your pocket, and listen to everything you are saying, even if the phone is off.

Outlandish sounding for sure, but the feds just used that l'il trick to take down some organized crime types not too long ago, which is really the only reason this tid-bit of info came out. Short of taking the battery out of the phone, the mic can be on and the phone transmitting, and you would never even know it.

Or so it's claimed. Of course if you're doing nothing wrong....you've nothing to fear, right?