Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!galaxy.rutgers.edu!argus!ken From: ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Re^2: Electronic sweeping and debugging equiptments Summary: Beware the test circuits Message-ID: <1277@argus.UUCP> Date: 30 Aug 89 08:38:43 GMT References: <6660@stiatl.UUCP> <775@eplunix.UUCP> Organization: NJ Instit. of Tech: TEIES Project Lines: 20 In article <775@eplunix.UUCP>, raoul@eplunix.UUCP (Otero) writes: : While it is true that it is theoretically impossible to detect a properly : installed and designed phone tap, what government agencies have the : resources? Especially in their foreign offices, to cover literally thousands : of phones? (Specifically, the Chinese students here). Such installations are : *expensive*, and Ma Bell does *not* like other people messing with her gear. : Nor do Ma Bell's "siblings". Why bother with adding equipment? If you have access to the central switching offices, why not use the test/troubleshooting (hm) circuits? These circuits have alledigedly been in switching systems for years. Kenneth Ng: Post office: NJIT - CCCC, Newark New Jersey 07102 uucp rutgers!andromeda!argus!ken bitnet(prefered) ken@orion.bitnet -- Kenneth Ng: Post office: NJIT - CCCC, Newark New Jersey 07102 uucp !andromeda!argus!ken *** NOT ken@bellcore.uucp *** bitnet(prefered) ken@orion.bitnet