The document provides guidelines for safely organizing actions without leaking sensitive information, focusing on risks from cell phones and email. It discusses how communication data can be intercepted and outlines best practices like encrypting emails and removing phone batteries. Newer technologies make monitoring cheaper and allow reactivating powered-off phones, emphasizing the importance of proper communication security.

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8. The Ardito case <<The government applied for a &quot;roving bug,&quot; that is, the interception of Ardito's conversations at locations that were &quot;not practical&quot; to specify, as authorized by 18 U.S.C. § 2518(11)(a). Judge Jones granted the application, authorizing continued interception at the four restaurants and the installation of a listening device in Ardito's cellular telephone. The device functioned whether the phone was powered on or off, intercepting conversations within its range wherever it happened to be.>> United States District Court, S.D. New York. UNITED STATES of America, v. John TOMERO, et al., Defendants. No. S2 06 Crim. 0008(LAK). Nov. 27, 2006. MEMORANDUM OPINION LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge.

9. The Siemens patent << ... This activates an emergency call routine. The emergency routine comprises the following steps, which are partially optional: 2. In case the mobile is switched off it may activate the mobile. In case or as soon as the mobile is switched on, a module for broadcasting over the emergency network, that may operate on frequencies distinct from those of the cellular communication network, is activated. This activation can be done optionally also regardless of the possibility to establish a connection to a cellular communication network. ...>> http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?IA=EP2002012292&DISPLAY=DESC

10. Software ”roving bugs” << Nextel and Samsung handsets and the Motorola Razr are especially vulnerable to software downloads that activate their microphones, said James Atkinson, a counter-surveillance consultant who has worked closely with government agencies. &quot;They can be remotely accessed and made to transmit room audio all the time,&quot; he said. &quot;You can do that without having physical access to the phone.&quot; >> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-150467.html

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