Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 18 Jun 91 03:13:30 GMT From: Dave Levenson Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Wireless Phone Security Message-ID: Organization: Westmark, Inc., Warren, NJ, USA 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 467, Message 3 of 9 Lines: 21 In article , sbeagle@kennels.actrix. gen.nz (Sleeping Beagle) writes: > 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. You apparently have one such gadget in your posession! The portable set, itself, contains whatever it needs to receive and decode the digital signals. Someone with another such phone could probably listen to your transmissions, by reverse-engineering and 'hacking' the phone, or perhaps by discovering how to put it into its maintenance or technician mode by entering a magic number into its keypad. Dave Levenson Internet: dave@westmark.com Westmark, Inc. UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave Warren, NJ, USA AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave Voice: 908 647 0900 Fax: 908 647 6857