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After the National Intelligence Service revealed it can bug cell phones, the owner of the theoretically most secure Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA) source technology, Qualcomm, reluctantly acknowledged that eavesdropping is possible.
"Despite security systems, it is theoretically possible to bug even CDMA cell phones,Ħħ a Qualcomm Korea official said Friday. "The relationship between bugs and security technology is like that between lances and shields... In the future, there will be more advanced security technologies." But he added since the technology of bugging CDMA cell phones had not been technologically confirmed, U.S. headquarters has not yet taken anti-bugging measures.
The NIS earlier on Friday announced preliminary results of its investigations into the illegal bugging operations of its precursor, the Agency for National Security Planning. On the occasion, it said bugging of cell phones was not entirely impossible, and while it could not be done over a wide range, it could be done within a limited area close to network beacons.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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