Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Electronic sweeping and debugging equiptments Message-ID: <1989Aug26.042754.9128@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: Date: Sat, 26 Aug 89 04:27:54 GMT In article yj1@CUNIXA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (y) writes: >Do you know any equiptment that can check whether the phone lines are >monitored or the rooms are bugged? Do you know any anti-spy techniques >in general? Determining whether a room is bugged, if the bad guys are reasonably competent, is an inordinately tedious process that in itself is going to rouse the suspicions of listeners. It's basically impractical. The number one rule is to assume that in indoor environments with known inhabitants, someone is *always* listening. Go somewhere outdoors to talk, or conduct your conversation in writing rather than out loud (burn the paper and stir the ashes afterward!), or put your heads together under a blanket and talk very quietly. The more background noise, the better. -- V7 /bin/mail source: 554 lines.| Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology 1989 X.400 specs: 2200+ pages. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu