Bugged.If your cell phone battery is depleted de·plete tr.v. de·plet·ed, de·plet·ing, de·pletes To decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out. [Latin d for no obvious reason ("Cyber attack depletes cell phone batteries," SN: 9/16/06, p. 190), another possibility is an attack by law enforcement. Special firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. may have been surreptitiously sur·rep·ti·tious adj. 1. Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means. 2. Acting with or marked by stealth. See Synonyms at secret. downloaded into your phone, turning it into a bug that operates even if the phone appears to be off. STEVEN R. NEWCOMB, BLACKSBURG, VA. |
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