--WJLA Script--

ANCHOR:

FROM SEVEN ON YOUR SIDE, YOUR MOST PRIVATE AND INTIMATE DETAILS CAN NOW BE MADE PUBLIC. HOW? BECAUSE OF THIS, YOUR CELL PHONE.

ROSS MCLAUGHLIN TELL US HOW YOUR PRIVACY IS BEING VIOLATED BY CELLULAR SPYING.  AND IT'S A LOT EASIER THAN IT SHOULD BE... ROSS?

ROSS:

IT'S GETTING SO THAT I DON'T EVEN WANT TO HAVE ONE OF THESE IN MY POSSESSION ANYMORE. SOMEONE CAN LISTEN TO YOUR CONVERSATIONS, READ YOUR TEXT MESSAGE AND EVEN FOLLOW YOU AROUND. WE DID IT.

STORY:

WHO'S LISTENING? WHO'S READING YOUR TEXT MESSAGES? ANYONE WHO GETS THEIR HANDS ON YOUR CELL PHONE AND KNOWS HOW TO USE A COMPUTER. EVEN ME.

Ross:"Okay they're over there having lunch. I'm going to listen in on the conversation."

WHO? THIS COMPUTER SCIENTIST FROM CARNEGIE MELLON AND PRODUCER SHAWN HODER. A CELL PHONE SITS ON THE TABLE. IT'S NOT TURNED ON. BUT.

Shawn:"Ross and the viewers are listening to us right now,

Priya Narasimhan/Carnegie Mellon CyLab:"Right."

Shawn:"Are there any signs that says this is happening?"

Priya Narasimhan/Carnegie Mellon CyLab:"Overtly there are no signs."

HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? SPYWARE FOUND ON THE INTERNET. PRIYA NARASIMHAN INSTALLED IT ON OUR TARGET PHONE. NOW WE CAN MONITOR WHAT HAPPENS ON AND AROUND THAT PHONE. LIKE.

Kelly:"This is Kelly."

PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS. KELLY IS IN OUR STUDIOS, WHILE TWO MILES AWAY --

Priya Narasimhan/Carnegie Mellon CyLab:"Hi, Kelly. This is Priya here."

PRIYA'S AT THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL.WE CAN HEAR THEM LOUD AND CLEAR.

Ross:"And obviously we couldn't hear her without this cell phone."

BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN CONFERENCED CALLED WITHOUT THEM KNOWING.

Priya Narasimhan/Carnegie Mellon CyLab:"It's a really gorgeous fun-filled day."

Ross:"The technology can also be used to turn your cell phone into an eavesdropping bug and how? We're going to show you. Right now you can hear me because I'm wearing a microphone. I'm going to leave the room and turn this off and Priya's going to be able to listen to our conversation, you'll see."

Priya Narasimhan/Carnegie Mellon CyLab:"Let's listen in on my phone."

I LEAVE MY MICROPHONE BEHIND AND I'M WALKING DOWN TO MY BOSS'S OFFICE. REMEMBER, EVERYTHING YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR IS BEING HIJACKED.

Ross: "If you and I were talking right now you could eavesdrop on this conversation."

Bill Lord:"Oh really, just by turning your cell phone on."

THE PHONE APPEARS TO BE OFF, BUT PRIYA HAS ACTIVATED IT.

Bill:"She's going to be traveling with you on this shoot?"

Ross:"Yeah I think she's listening to us right now, probably. Laughs"

Bill Lord/VP News:"Thank you, Ross."

Ross:"Our boss had no idea. Until I told him."

Priya Narasimhan/Carnegie Mellon CyLab:"I know I heard that I heard thank you Ross."

IN FACT SHE COULD HEAR ANYTHING SAID AROUND THE PHONE.

Priya Narasimhan/Carnegie Mellon CyLab:"Because all this really did turn was turn on the microphone and hijack the microphone and the audio stream from your microphone on your phone and relay it to me so I could have heard anything."

JUST LIKE WE HEARD THAT CONVERSATION AT LUNCH. IT DOESN'T STOP THERE.

Priya Narasimhan/Carnegie Mellon CyLab:"Here's the confidential password you need don't give this to anyone. Spyphone."

TEXT MESSAGES CAN BE INTERCEPTED, TOO.

Priya Narasimhan/Carnegie Mellon CyLab:"Here's the contents of the text message."

AND DOWNLOADED FOR ANYONE TO SEE.

Priya Narasimhan/Carnegie Mellon CyLab:"We have pages of this stuff."

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY..TEXT MESSAGES..PHONE CALLS COMING IN AND GOING OUT AND WHO YOU TALKED TO.
AND WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY HEARD.

ROSS:

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS BECAUSE WHAT WE DID WOULD BE ILLEGAL WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION. BUT DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO STOP A SUSPICIOUS LOVER OR ANYONE ELSE WHO GETS THEIR HANDS ON YOUR PHONE FROM SPYING ON YOU. CELL PHONE COMPANIES ARE CREATING PATCHES BUT HACKERS ARE FINDING WAYS AROUND THEM. TO LEARN MORE AND HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. GO TO THE 7 ON YOUR SIDE BLOG, CLICK HERE.

 Email To Friend