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Article: Party line of the 90's. (cellular technology, how privacy is being violated, what can be done about it)
- Article from:
- Security Management
- Article date:
- December 1, 1990
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1990 American Society for Industrial Security. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Things always seem to go full circle. The party-line eavesdroppers of our grandparents' day are back, this time with scanners in hand.
Cellular phone calls are monitored by thousands of Americans. Conversations are monitored with over-the-counter scanners. Listeners consider the privacy laws unenforceable and freely listen in as naive callers "tell it all. " Cellular phone callers should realize how public their private calls" are.
Cellular phone systems transmit radio signals over public airwaves, and they are tuned in with ease. Although cellular technology has made vast improvements in phone quality, capacity, and convenience, the technology has not ...