Re: Phone Switches + telephone banking etc

From: KF (dotslashat_private)
Date: Sun Jun 09 2002 - 18:25:47 PDT

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    using a DTMF decoder is cake... and playback of tones is very 
    possible... however both can depend on the quality of your recording.
    -KF
    
    
    hellNbak wrote:
    
    >I have done some playing with some higher end 2.4G scanners here in Canada 
    >and find it very easy to not only listen in on various phone calls but 
    >also record the tones.  I am unsure of what effect playing them back would 
    >have as that is a little too far over the line for my liking...
    >
    >Dont do banking via a normal cellular or cordless phone
    >
    >On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 quentynat_private wrote:
    >
    >>if you phone HSBC in the UK and ask to change your "security number"
    >>they will ask you if you are on a cordless phone or a mobile. Remember
    >>the "old" cordless phones that could be eaves dropped accidentally ? (
    >>or with a scanner from maplins )
    >>
    >>Now DECT phones are all the rage I suppose the question is irrelevant (
    >>also GSM mobiles are supposedly encrypted anyway)
    >>
    >>I just phoned HSBC's telephone banking division and their policy is that
    >>"you should not use cordless or mobile phones when setting or resetting
    >>security features" though they couldn't tell me where to find a doc on
    >>this.
    >>
    >>My original take on this issue was merely that the key press records are
    >>a hell of a load more sensitive than people believe. 
    >>
    >>Q
    >>
    >>
    >
    



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