[617] in libertarians
Re: Tapping Phones and Clipper
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick Bunker)
Thu Feb 9 17:31:37 1995
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 17:34:57 -0500 (est)
From: Rick Bunker <rbunker@slip-56.netaxs.com>
To: Vernon Imrich <vimrich@MIT.EDU>
Cc: libertarians@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <9502072247.AA28156@america-3.MIT.EDU>
On Tue, 7 Feb 1995, Vernon Imrich wrote:
> Anyone know anything about this?
>
> (from libernet)
> From: Trident23@aol.com
> Subject: Phone check
> To: libernet@Dartmouth.EDU
>
> Got the following from a radio program this morning, on station KVI in
> Seattle, concerning the pros and cons of the Clipper Chip (mostly con):
> If you want to know whether your phone has been tapped in the last six
> months, dial in the following:
I'm not yet sure what this does tell one, but it is certainly NOT related
to whether one's phone has been tapped.
>
> 107 321 404 988 966 4
This is just the same as dialing (404)988-9664 -- perhaps whoever runs
switch 732 could let us know what service that is.
>
> What you will get back
No -- this is what you got back -- my results differed
> is a digital recording
certainly not a recording
> consisting of
> (a) your phone's area code;
ok it got that right
> (b) your 7-digit phone-number;
nope -- it gave me some other number that has been disconnected
> (c) the digit 8;
ok
> (d) a pause of a few seconds; (e) 9 zeroes in three groups of three --
> 000 000 000;
nope -- here I got 888 000 105
> and (f) a digit.
I got a three
> If the digit (f) is a 2, your phone is clear. Otherwise, if it
> is any other digit (usually it's a 1 in that case), your phone has been
> tapped in the last six months.
I believe this to be bullshit. I tried from several phones and never got
a two from any of them, and several were work lines etc.
>
>
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Vernon, I know you were just passing this on, but you might try to be
more discriminating in the future.
Rick.
rbunker@netaxs.com
