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From: pozar@toad.com (Tim Pozar)
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Subject: Re: In use light
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Date: 10 Oct 88 15:20:17 GMT
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{{{ Quoted text edited down to make inews happy. -CR }}}

mgrant@cos.com (Michael Grant) wrote:
> 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."

    This device will not work for a proper phone tap.  If some
    one bridges across your lines with a high impeadence phone
    tap, these devices will not notice the change in current or
    impeadence.
		 Tim