Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sun, 16 Jun 91 15:52:59 NZD From: Sleeping Beagle Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Wireless Phone Security Message-ID: Organization: Orb Systems Unlimited, NZ Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu 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 461, Message 8 of 8 Lines: 34 Paul Elliott x225 writes: > All this is kinda disappointing, since a good friend of mine has been > trying to develop an encrypted handset/base-station. I *told* him > that it would just be a matter of time before the big boys (like > Fujitsu) introduced a similar product, but hope springs eternal, and > all that. > Definitely products whose time has come. Maybe now we can get the > legislature to stop the ridiculous "anti-scanner" type of regulations > [author's editorial comment there]. I wonder if Congress will demand > a "back door" into these schemes? Land of the free. Hahahahahahaha! (Gratuitous flame off) Well, currently I'm trialling a CT2 type phone. These are meant to be the next generation for home/office cordless phones and they can be used like payphones near special aerials in the street. (If anyone's interested, I'll mail them the not-to-technical article I wrote about CT2 to them.) This doesn't have encryption either, but the people at Telecom NZ tell me that as it uses digital communications, there aren't any gadgets around that can pick it up anyway. Does anyone know if this is true? How easy is to decode digital comms (it's not packet) with currently available (in the shops) hardware? Sleeping Beagle (aka Thomas Farmer) sbeagle@kennels.actrix.gen.nz Ph. +64-4-796306 (voice)