Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pyrdc!netsys!vector!nobody From: mgrant@cos.com (Michael Grant) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: In use light Message-ID: Date: 5 Oct 88 03:54:23 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 22 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 153, message 4 X-Submissions-To: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu (Mailing List Coordinator) X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp (USENET Telecom Moderator) For $24.95, Hello-Direct makes a device called the "Privacy Device" on Page 8 of their Fall catalog. It has an annoying "feature" though... "Make sure no one is listening in on your calls." "You're assured of privacy when the Silent Patrol is on duty on your single-line telephone. Just plug it in between your phone and the wall and it will let you know any time someone is listening in on an extension or tapping your line. In the event of either of these invasions of your privacy your line will go dead and an LED will give you a visual warning. Just press an over-ride button if you want to resume your conversation without clearing the line. An On/Off switch lets you activate/deactivate the device." Part No. 1039-A Hello-Direct's number is: 1-800-444-3556 in the USA. I am not associated with Hello Direct in any way. -Mike Grant p.s. There's got to be an easy way to build something similar.