5 Feb
1993
5 Feb
'93
10:37 a.m.
Caldwell said the problem with the original system was that it would take security services weeks rather than minutes to decode the conversations they wanted to bug. Despite the changes, it will be still virtually impossible for any amateur eavesdropper to intercept calls made on the digital mobile phones.
The quotes I've heard are more like "any county sherif with a radiomodem and a pc will be able to tap any conversation in range. It's probably just as well. Since end to end encryption is the only reasonable solution anyway. brad