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> I'd need some sort of evidence showing their existence to change my mind.

Here you go, seems pretty well sourced: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_listening_device#Remotel...

Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A

Thanks for those, updated. It's also nice to see that it works as I would expect: the software isn't there by default but if the government wants you in particular, they can legally coerce the phone companies to install the software without you knowing and use that evidence in a trial.

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