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Re: [OM] OT: Telephone Snooping

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Telephone Snooping
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 10:51:25 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
> 
>>      I'm a firm believer in Gibbs Rule #39, which says that there 
>>is no such thing as a coincidence.  I've had too many instances 
>>where the telephone rings immediately after maing a loud noise, 
>>such as closing a door or making some other form of loud noise.  
>>This practice of eavesdropping on your phone while it is hung up 
>>to detect if someone is home has got to be grossly illegal.
>> 
>> 
>> Chris
>
>
>Chris,
>
>the design of the older phone is such that the microphone/earpiece is
>disconnected from the line when the receiver is on-hook.
>

     That's what I've always understood, that the handset hook shorts out the 
"send" line when the handset is resting on the cradle.

>
>With the cordless, all bets are off :) 
>

     Aha!  The plot sickens!


Chris

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro 
     - Hunter S. Thompson
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