@Drnaline,
A buddy of mine works for the Dept. of Homeland Security. He told me
about this article, then took my cell phone and turned off various little things.
The GPS thing is obvious (I actually like having it on all the time).
I saw him last night and asked if it was a verifiable story, and he said "well,
do you send credit card information through non-encrypted sites only when
you're sure someone is monitoring your email and web connections? Is it
possible to do? Yes. Has it been done... maybe it has."