The fear is back! Just in time for a long queasy October, the Washington Post did a ride-along with the CEO of mobile security firm Integricell, who was mapping the locations of fake cell phone towers surveilling D.C.; What they found, the Post reports, was like "a primer on the geography of Washington power."

Les Goldsmith is the CEO of ESD, a defense and law enforcement technology firm based in Las Vegas. They make one of the oldest, most expensive high-security cell phones on the market. And lately, Goldsmith and his CryptoPhone customers have been noticing some pretty ominous, fake cell phone towers across America.

As you may know, your $630 NSA Red Flag — SGP Technologies' encryption-happy Blackphone — is now shipping worldwide! And Ars Technica has the exclusive, spec-heavy (and deeply schizophrenic) first review of planet's Earth's most paranoid smartphone. Remember: You hide, they seek.