Okay – it looks like it is going to be a slow weekend so I will throw out a conspiracy theory of my own making and see what everyone thinks.

About ten years ago (give or take) my wife and I went to bed one night, turned out the lights and she laid her cell phone down on the nightstand. About 5 minutes later, the camera flash went off and lit up the room. Now she is one of the people that puts just about every game they offer on her phone. I have told her that there are security risks in the games, but she ignores me. What do you think could have caused the flash to have gone off? No, it was not set to alert her with the flash when she had a call or a text. I think, and I could be wrong, that someone was hoping to get an interesting picture (I’ll leave it at that). I think someone had hacked her phone and had control of it – the camera and most probably the audio also, without her knowing. Maybe I’m wrong, but that’s what I believe.

Now let’s take it one step farther. Suppose important people in government and industry unknowingly had their phones hacked also. The hackers had access to their audio/video anytime they wanted without the subjects knowing. How many times do you think people say and do things they don’t want others to hear or see? Since almost everyone has their phones with them every waking moment, how easy would it be to gather blackmail data to some degree on almost anyone. All of someone’s dirty little secrets in danger of being exposed. And if you happen to be someone important in the government or industry these hackers now have a hold on you. Who might these hackers be? Well, maybe lone actors wanting to make money, maybe the deep state or industry wanting to control politicians, maybe WEF wanting to control politicians, maybe Moderna or Pfizer wanting the government to mandate vaccines, the list goes on and on and on.

If you think that hackers are not able to get into your phone, think again. It is common knowledge that police can have cell phones turned on (with warrants). Many of the games out there right now require these permissions to play them. The owners of these games (and your data) might not all be good guys.

So there you have it. Blackmail by cell phone. What do you think?