On Thu, 2 Feb 1995, Gary Jeffers wrote:
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THE FIREWALL CHIP! U'RE PHONE ALWAYS OFFHOOK?
We have potential bugging devices in all our houses - The telephone! Of course, when it is onhook, the microphone does not transmit... or does it? Would the phone have to be rewired to render it always "offhook" or would it be an operation at the central phone company? If the present models would have to be rewired, then how about future models? Much function is done thru chips & so could many of the models on the current market be remote programmable? See the latest issue of Mondo 2000.
Use an encrypted cordless phone. When its not in use, take the battery out of the phone. As long as the model you own doens't have a speaker phone you're cool. If you start thinking that all phones that you buy have other hidden mikes in them, then I start wondering about paranoia. Ben.