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OrionTheWolf -> RE: phone tapping (1/6/2009 2:27:57 PM)
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Sorry this stuff does not work for phone wire taps. It can work to detect an open receiver source, but that is all.
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Are there products I can buy to find out if my phone is tapped?
No. Devices can be purchased which claim to detect phone taps. Let the buyer beware. Experts say there are no devices that can reliably detect any current wiretapping technology.
To be successful, a "tap detector" must detect a change in the electrical characteristics of a telephone line, such as a voltage drop, or a change in the characteristics of signals that are transmitted over a telephone line. Most of the wiretapping techniques used today, whether authorized for law enforcement use or conducted illegally, do not produce changes in line or signal characteristics.
"Tap detectors" may be able to detect someone "listening in" by picking up an extension phone, and may be able to detect someone cutting a telephone line. However, neither of these occurrences may be considered a "wiretap," strictly speaking, and neither of these occurrences is necessary in order for someone to connect a wiretap to your line. Those with experience in telephone technology advise consumers to disregard the claims of companies that sell "tap detectors." "
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs9-wrtp.htm
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ORIGINAL: FRSguy
Sorry didnt read through the whole thread so I am probably a day late and a doller short. Yes you can purchase bug detectors from places like radio shack. A little red light comes on when your bugged. Now... if the dom used something like a clothes pin with wire wraped around it to pick up the EM instead of a direct tap then there is no way to detect it. However... that kind of tap usually requires a pre-amp with batteries so not many use that type because the bats go dead and its somewhat large. You usually have to broadcast it with a transmiter to a seperate recorder or you can mod some of the internet hardware to direct it through the internet but again there are size limitiations that they have to work with.
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