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- From: kenk@sdc.com (Ken Konecki)
- Subject: Re: Cordless phone recommendations
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.145052.14261@sdc.com>
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:50:52 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan7.005434.2635@informix.com> neilw@informix.com (Neil Williams) writes:
- >Once my wife turned it on and heard someone else talking....
- >Hasn't reoccurred yet, though, but now I keep it on the
- >base more than I would otherwise, for security.
-
- Since all cordless phones use ordinary radio signals to link the base
- and handheld unit it is possible to receive signals from places other
- than the base. Our cordless phone, for example, acts as a really good
- receiver for our nursery monitor.
-
- On the other side, it is also possible for people with a radio scanner
- to listen in to your conversations. Unlike cellular phones, listening
- to conversations on cordless phones is legal. The Chicago Tribune ran
- an article a month or so ago about people whose hobby is to eavesdrop
- on other people's conversations. There's more of them out there than
- you might think. A few manufactures (Motorola comes to mind) are
- starting to produce phones that do funky RF things to the signal to
- prevent eavesdropping.
-
- Cheers,
- -Ken K
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