Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: ables@mcc.com (King Ables) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cordless Eavesdropping Message-ID: Date: 20 Feb 91 23:19:21 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Organization: MCC ACT Program, Austin, TX Lines: 29 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 140, Message 3 of 8 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu From article , by NETWRK@harvarda. harvard.edu (Steve Thornton): > There's an interesting ad in the March 1991 {Spy Magazine}, p. 72. It > says: > EAVESDROP!! on any CORDLESS PHONE! Not that this is directly related, but I was in a store the other day looking at cordless phones. A woman and her three kids were wandering around looking at various things, not seeming to shop for anything in particular. Her son was looking at cordless phones and she told him he didn't want one of those "because the police could listen to your conversation." This is either an indication of the kinds of calls she makes or the level of paranoia she has about law enforcement. Either way, it's a sad commentary. Had she said "somebody could listen" then I'd just assume she's a privacy lover. The fact that her first thought was police kind of bothered me. For what that's worth. King Ables Micro Electronics and Computer Technology Corp. ables@mcc.com 3500 W. Balcones Center Drive +1 512 338 3749 Austin, TX 78759