The FBI or the Federal Bureau of Investigation is one of the most
powerful agencies in the United States they're involved in domestic
intelligence and security of the country they have a gigantic budget of nearly
ten billion dollars a year which allows them to do a lot of things and they're
pretty much the American equivalent of the British mi5 or the Russian FSB the
FBI monitor tens of thousands of people every year but how do you know if you're
one of them are you being spied on by the FBI you may think I'm not a bad guy
but a lot of the time many innocent people are sometimes spied on by the FBI
but there are some surefire ways to know if you're being watched by the FBI or
not from mysterious things happening with your phone to vehicles outside your
house I'm Charlie and today we're going to look at ways to know if the FBI is
spying on you but before I get arrested why not subscribe and press the
notification bill to coming up first we have business vans look outside your
window right now and I'm sure you'll see lots of vehicles outside your house
these may be your neighbors cars parked up or cars driving by but do you see any
fans parked outside your house one surefire way to know the FBI's watching
you is that there's an unmarked white van with tinted windows outside your
home this van may stay there for several days and not go anywhere
you'll also not see anyone go in or out of it well these vans aren't doing
nothing they're actually waiting and listening it may sound like something
from a movie but these fans are real they have gigantic listening devices
which listen into your phone calls and if your house is bugged with the
listening devices and secret cameras they may be watching you and listening
to your every move now a lot of the time these will be unmarked white vans but
more often than that they're actually going to be fake commercial vans it may
be a flower delivery service or some kind of business van
but really these businesses don't exist and they're a front for an FBI spying
investigation one man from California named John Liang was known for exposing
corrupt cops he saw one cleaning van keep parking up outside his house and
ported on security footage a few days later John was found to be not alive in
his house and when people looked into the cleaning company on the side of the
van later on if they found out the company did not exist many now say the
cops or maybe the FBI had something to do with the mystery of John Lang next up
is outfit changes when you're out do you often see the same people all
around you you may think you're going crazy when that delivery driver suddenly
looks a lot like the office worker who passed you in the street maybe someone
seemed to be rubbernecking you when you were sitting in the local coffee shop
well these fears may not be paranoia one type of an FBI agent is known as an SSG
these people belong to these special surveillance group they employ various
people who keep changing their outfits and follow specific targets because
their prosit disguises and changing their outfits many of the people they're
following never know they're being followed but keep a look out at the
passing phases next time you're in the street you never know you could be
followed by a lot of people who keep changing their clothing if you look
closely these people may even have miniature earpieces inside there is
that's because they're communicating over radio at all times they'll be
tracking the targets and moving from location to location and of course they
always bring with them a bag of clothing to change into various different
disguises next up is data usage have you noticed data usage when your
phone suddenly going up for no reason well if it seems like your charge is
going up every month from your phone provider then that could be a sign of
that you're being spied on a common recent people noticed a spike in their
data is their phone has been infected by spyware this could allow the FBI to take
a look at your daily activities on your phone many people don't even realize
that spyware exists for phones you may think only clunky old PCs can get
viruses and spyware but that is not the case this can also allow them to steal
your private information and use it against you later so if you notice your
data going up then make sure you don't have any spyware
stalled on your phone if you do have this then your movements can also easily
be tracked they can also steal all of your passwords he put into your social
media or bank accounts and of course all of your phone calls and texts will be
recorded on most phones you can check into what apps are running in the
background some of these apps may be infected by spyware which could be the
culprit for the increased usage and data
next up is namesake you may be saying why Noth would I be being spied on if
I'm a totally law-abiding person well I'll pull it like this one John Smith
may be a good guy but another John Smith may be a bad guy what I mean by this is
you may have the same name as someone on a government watch list let's say a man
named Mark Johnson is on the FBI spy list what they may do is target various
people names mark Johnson as a mistake if you're frequently stopped at the
airport this may be why for example people named Mohammed have a higher
chance of being stopped at the airport this is not due to any kind of prejudice
but simply because other people with similar names to them are also an FBI
watch lists namesakes can often mean innocent people are victims of
surveillance and investigations but if you think you might have the same name
as someone on a government watch list you can apply for a redress process this
is where the FBI check that you're not the person on the watch list and green
light you so if you're tired of being stalked at airport security for no
reason then maybe check this out on the FBI's website in 2004 a man named John
Lewis was on a government watch list this meant that for years to come every
John Lewis had issues boarding flights because they had the same name but if
you want to check if your name is blocked then go on the specifically
designated Nationals and blocked persons list this is published by the US
Treasury so be sure to check it out online next up is car GPS
we've already covered how your movements can be tracked if your phone has spyware
but another common way the FBI tracks people's movements is by using trackers
if you see cars constantly following you then this could be the FBI stalking your
car the way to see if you're being tracked is to check for a GPS in the
undercarriage of your car these are often very small and can be in the wheel
well or the exhaust system as well so if you're suspicious at grab a flashlight
and check under your car maybe even run your hand underneath the area's making
sure your car is not too hot to burn yourself remember anyone can buy these
trackers online now so if you do find when it may not necessarily be from the
FBI but it's still something to watch out for as you do not want your vehicle
to be tracked next up is noises on phone calls when you're talking during phone
calls Steve ever hear strange noises and clicks during those calls maybe you hear
some pops and Static well if that's the case then your phone line may be tapped
this is a very classic form of surveillance and is still used a lot
today using technology radio frequencies can be used to record your conversations
this will allow the FBI or anyone to hear the sensitive information you're
sharing on a private call so if you hear tapping or maybe some odd noise during
your phone conversations you may be being wiretapped if you want to test
this then you can go to your phone carrier and ask for a line test tap
phones may also sometimes receive alphanumeric text messages these will
appear on your phone as a voicemail and a series of letters and numbers will be
read out this can be a sign that a government or an hour may be attempting
to tap your cell phone next up we have webcam light take a look at your webcam
do you see an LED light which is always on Wikileaks recently released a lot of
files proven the FBI spies on people using electronic devices and one of the
most popular devices used were webcams and computers the only physical sign
that a webcam has been compromised is that the LED light is always on but
apparently the FBI and mi5 have the technology to turn this light on and
while still spy that's why it's often best to put tape
over your webcam camera many tech geniuses
for example Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg put tape over their webcam camera and
Edward Snowden says anyone who doesn't put tape over their webcam camera is a
crazy person and finally on the list we have Airport
checks do you always get flagged up at the airport well if that's the case then
it's a sign your name is on a government watch list many people have not been
able to board their flights over controversial social media posts people
can't be put on a blacklist for unreliable or non credible information
but social media posts are not disregarded and the NSA has the capacity
to spy on every American's social media posts and Link it to your passport so
sadly be very careful about what he posts online for example one British
couple were detained at an airport they were going from the UK to the USA and
the day before they'd wrote we're going to blow up America this is obviously a
common expression meaning they're going to have a crazy fun time but that is not
how the FBI took this and they thought they were people who were going to
explode a building in the USA so be careful about that and if you keep
getting stopped at airports you may be on a blacklist now it's time to make
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