Nosey Smurf, Dreamy Smurf, Tracker Smurf, Paranoid Smurf - These scary stuff turns our smart phone in to a spied-upon phone

Always presume someone can always collect information about you
We cannot stop others from collecting our information, we can definitely reduce how much they can collect


From the article:

“Nosey Smurf” turns on a phone's microphone to use it for audio surveillance.
“Dreamy Smurf”, which he says can turn a phone on or off.
“Tracker Smurf” is a geo-location tool
Another Smurf can operate a smartphone's camera.
“Paranoid Smurf” does its best to hide the activities of the other Smurfs,

The Smurf army arrives by TXT messages, Snowden says, without users ever being aware of the message or its payload arriving or altering their phones in any way.


For More info:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/06/gchqs_smurf_army_can_hack_smartphones_says_ed_snowden/