Phantom Cell Phone Vibrations (Read 490 times)

OMG, I thought I was the only one! I feel my phone vibrate all the time. I think the leg muscle next to where my phone sits must have developed a vibrate-ring-like twitch. Drives me crazy. And makes me seem crazy.

Phew, I thought I was the only one! What's weird is that if my phone rings/buzzes when I am running I don't generally hear or feel it. When I do I get annoyed...99% of the time it's my kid sister.

OMG, I thought I was the only one! I feel my phone vibrate all the time. I think the leg muscle next to where my phone sits must have developed a vibrate-ring-like twitch. Drives me crazy. And makes me seem crazy.

I too am glad it's not just me. For a while, I kept thinking that I have a weird muscle twitch in my leg, but since I only noticed it when the phone was in my pocket I assumed it was my phone. Of course, now I know that it's just The Man spying on my conversations. I'll bet they have a way to turn on the microphone on the phone remotely, and this is what we're feeling it. MTA: Holy crap! I was joking about "The Man" spying, but a curious search proves that this can really happen! CNET: FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool

The U.S. Commerce Department's security office warns that "a cellular telephone can be turned into a microphone and transmitter for the purpose of listening to conversations in the vicinity of the phone." An article in the Financial Times last year said mobile providers can "remotely install a piece of software on to any handset, without the owner's knowledge, which will activate the microphone even when its owner is not making a call."

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

Nice pun, whether unintended or not.