A former CIA operative has lifted the lid on the disturbing reality of what gadgets such as smartphones can potentially eavesdrop on without our awareness. For those who've questioned the eerily precise nature of personalised adverts appearing on their mobile, the notion that our technology might be monitoring us could be edging closer to fact than fiction.
John Kiriakou, an ex-Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst and case officer who became a whistleblower, made history as the first CIA employee to face conviction for revealing the secretive organisation's enhanced interrogation program. In conversation with podcast presenter Steven Bartlett, the former operative warned that regarding our electronic devices, we "have to worry" about the covert tactics employed by intelligence services worldwide, subsequently explaining how the CIA possesses the capability to "hear everything". As their discussion turned towards digital security, they explored how "forces", as Steven termed them, possessed the power to "hack and crack" our technology, despite us "assuming that our devices are secure".
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