See also the documentary "The Feeling Of Being Watched". An insider's look at an Arab community that's been under FBI surveillance since the '90s <a href="http://www.feelingofbeingwatched.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.feelingofbeingwatched.com/</a><p>EDIT: apparently it is a Kickstarter project which met its goal <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beingwatched/the-feeling-of-being-watched-a-documentary-film" rel="nofollow">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beingwatched/the-feelin...</a>
Quote "Sudden mobile phone battery draining"<p>Yikes! It sounds like the camera and microphone had been activated remotely and were being use to spy on <i>citizens</i>.
Previous HN discussion here: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13100191" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13100191</a><p>(though sadly there seems to be no more actual evidence (as yet,) than previously reported by Cracked)