Fact check: is the PM right to say a cellphone can be used to eavesdrop, even when turned off?
Security experts' verdict on our paranoid PM.
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Prime Minister John Key has revealed he bins his smartphone every few months.
He also works on the assumption that everything he says on his phone will be listened to at some point.
Both are sensible precautions for anyone in a power position.
The PM also said, "If I was having a conversation
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Fact check: is the PM right to say a cellphone can be used to eavesdrop, even when turned off?
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