Are the Chinese and Russians listening to your phone calls?

People worry about FB and Google and Alexa...but your nation enemies listen to your phone calls according to this article. We who areor have worked in National Security could be targeted if there is some way they can control you. As an old retiree, the only thing I do not want my neighbors to know, if the Miricle Grow fertilizer with compost. I do hope they waste time listening to me. But I do worry about those still on active duty or working in the gov.
The Homeland Security Department last year found “anomalous activity” consistent with use of cell site simulators near the White House and other sensitive buildings. Driving tests suggest that cell site simulators are positioned near the buildings of federal agencies and high technology defense contractors. Foreign intelligence services are presumed to be responsible.