At 09:14 PM 8/28/2002 -0500, knightwriter wrote the following: >Is it possible to tap a phone line that goes through a computers modem? > >I am not paranoid but just curious. Thank you, Sandy
Yes. Several methods can be used from wireless "bugs" in the handset (base or adapter), cutting and splicing of wires at entry to home or at a telephone box junction box or in the central office, inductive pickups, or even galvanic pickups. Some interesting web sites: http://www.recordingjacks.com/ http://documents.epanorama.net/documents/telecom/telerecord.html http://www.pimall.com/nais/n.recordlaw.html http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs9-wrtp.htm http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/cfr20/422/422-0710.htm In the US, telephone conversations can be recorded according to the FCC if: 1. preceded by verbal or written consent of all parties to the telephone conversation; or 2. preceded by verbal notification which is recorded at the beginning, and as part of the call, by the recording party; or 3. accompanied by an automatic tone warning device, sometimes called a beep tone, which automatically produces a distinct signal that is repeated at regular intervals during the course of the telephone conversation when the recording device is in use. The existing web page at FCC disappeared, see the cached copy at Google: http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:ni9pogo3WUMC:www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common _Carrier/Factsheets/record.html+recording+telephone+conversations&hl=en&ie=U TF-8 -- Gerry Boyd ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
