Originally Posted by Popperian

Just so all of you know, they can already upload software remotely to your phone and even record ambient nearby conversations when the phone is powered off.

There have been court cases showing that the FBI was doing this in some mob investigations, that's how it became public.

The -only- way your cellphone is not compromised is if you remove the battery.

So this "extract info from the phones" thing is sort of a joke honestly ...