Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Eric Varsanyi Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Bell Cellular to Offer Users Snoop-proof Scramblers Message-ID: <8982@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 15 Jun 90 21:33:16 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Cray Computer Corporation Lines: 24 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 436, Message 1 of 12 In article <8963@accuvax.nwu.edu> brewer@anarky.enet.dec.com (John Brewer) writes: >Wouldn't it be easier to tell the public that the mode of >transmission is not secure? When I signed up for Cellular One in the Colorado Springs area (Front Range) they made me initial next to a paragraph in two separate agreements (one for the service package and one to just protect themselves apparently) that stated cellular communications were not secure and 'commercially available scanners' could listen in. They also mentioned that it was illegal for the person listening to get any benefit or tell anyone else what they heard. On another note: This month (my first with them) they changed policies and now charge from the time you hit SpEND until END. Previously they started charging when supervision was returned. Their justification was that 'this is a standrard industry practice'... Is it? Eric Varsanyi (ewv@craycos.com) Cray Computer Corporation