Rumor has it that cell phones aren’t very secure. Most cell phones nowadays have Global Positioning System (GPS) devices in them, and even older phones that don’t can still be easily tracked by triangulating their signals to towers. Every time you call someone or someone calls you, information about your phone, their phone, and the start and stop times of the conversation is recorded. Word on the street is that the feds can even remotely turn on the microphone in your cell phone and use it to eavesdrop on nearby conversations, in some cases even when your phone is turned off, all without you knowing. This is why Earth First!ers often take the batteries out of their phones before sensitive meetings. I’ve often wondered how much of this is true and how much is the product of paranoid, security-culture junkies. Turns out, it’s all true.