Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!lll-winken!telecom-request From: DISC3C1@jetson.uh.edu Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Testing For BUGS on Your Phone Line Message-ID: Date: 31 Mar 91 11:28:00 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: University of Houston Lines: 28 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 260, Message 4 of 5 Who needs to buy one of these things? There are numbers you can call, that are supposed to show you if your line is been tapped. They call it a sweep. It is an alternating pitch supposedly; and is meant to stay high pitched if your line is being bugged and alternate if not. For example, call this sweep: 214-357-8686 Scott Marshall : Sterling Sysop of - : Aviation The Hornets' Nest : Sciences (713)868-4372 : 11625 Martindale Rd 24oo/96oo/14.4K : Houston, TX 77048 Baud Rates : USA [Moderator's Note: Where did you get your information from, Scott? Yes, you do connect with a (probably unsupervised) sweep tone when you dial the above number, however I called it from six different phone lines today and get the alternating high and low tones in each case. I find it hard to believe that *any* phone I used is 'bugged', let alone all six. And how would a location in Texas know anything about a bug on my line in Chicago in any event? Someone gave you bad information, I'm afraid. PAT]