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Business Insider ^ | 01/21/2015 | Matt Rosoff

[cva66snipe]

Pfft, I had a shortwave radio in high school that used to pick up conversations from cordless telephones in houses surrounding the school. We had some fun with that.

The older 800 MHZ could do it. Or the ones non triple conversion could do it by imaging. 20 .something MHZ higher I think.

[cva66snipe]

Wasn’t being deceptive, I was refuting your claim that you’re any more safe “offline” than you are online. You contention is that you are safe from vulnerabilities if you aren’t connected to a network, and I’m providing links to demonstrate that assertion is false.

Anything is hackable IF a person wants to invest lots of time and money as well as risk of being shot, jailed, etc doing so if caught. But probable or likely? Someone with that type of set up is looking for a lot more of a payday than an individuals info. The average user as such is not the target. In that respect offline XP machine is as safe as W/8. Seriously if a person is that concerned they should never use a computer again. The government knows more about me from what I personally do off line than on thanks to info sharing in healthcare etc. Now that part irks me.

[rarestia]

This was the early 90s for me. It was the very first line of phones that were wireless. 800 MHz is probably right.

[cva66snipe]

This was the early 90s for me. It was the very first line of phones that were wireless. 800 MHz is probably right.

Yeah basically 800MHZ on the first 800MHZ scanners could pick up cell calls. I'm not certain which came first the 800 MHZ scanner or the 800 MHZ phones. Cell phones were analog then, It was against federal law to disclose to others conversations overheard thus the Newt fiasco where his call was monitored by a couple with a scanner. One of the first steps taken back in the 1990's was outlawing sale or production of cell phone spectrum scanners in the USA unless the person was a licensed radio Technician who worked on and maintained that equipment IIRC that's hot it went. Also Triple Conversion scanners came along making Imaging a cell phone impossible. Then at last came digital technology cell phones.

Digital Wireless {household} phones haven't been around that long either. The industry finally wised up and most Baby Monitors are now digital as well. But I was born in an era of 2,4,& 8 party line phones. Talk about a pain LOL.