Would the person have to come onto your property or into your home?
2006-06-26 13:19:57 · 10 answers · asked by lefttheroom222 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
How would they figure out which line is mine if they went to a switch station? This seems like a lot of work for the average joe.
2006-06-26 14:16:25 · update #1
it depends on who's doing it. If its part of a legal investigation and the agency doing the investigation has a legal warrant then all they have to do is call the phone company and have a tap put on but otherwise someone would physically have to put a listening device on your line
2006-06-26 13:25:57 · answer #1 · answered by deftlychillin 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nope. It's not gonna do our paranoids a favor by telling ya. They can tap your line from the phone company's office. Modern taps and phone systems are such that the old "voltage" bug detectors are useless unless someon'e used an old tap on your phone's physical in house line. It's not done so much any more with the digital and fiber optics, but the old system had a line test setup that would let you play conversations over a loudspeaker in the central office. (t'was regulated to protect privacy) this was to check sound quality on the line.
2006-06-26 21:42:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's as easy as plugging in a lamp. And no. The closest they would have to get is the closest switch station, if they can identify which line is yours. Otherwise, they only have to get as close as the line coming out of your house, be it the outside connection, at the pole, or underground station, or whatever. Clip 2 wires onto the terminal connected to a transmitter tuned to an FM frequency, and sit within 100 feet to hear every word. Now, you can do it too.
2006-06-26 13:26:52 · answer #3 · answered by BantamRooster68 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, its very easy to tap a phone without coming onto the property.
2006-06-26 13:25:16 · answer #4 · answered by jessiesmantoy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. They can tap it from a telephone pole, junction box, or wherever the phone signal comes from.
2006-06-26 13:22:59 · answer #5 · answered by ConspiracyExaminer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be the easiest phone to tap.
2006-06-26 13:30:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, they wouldn't have to go in your home...just sit outside your house with a walkie talkie and you can listen in on someone...its really easy
2006-06-26 15:11:25 · answer #7 · answered by Katie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its easier than you think, its just tapping into a wire. thats it
2006-06-27 05:06:14 · answer #8 · answered by mike g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is a very simple process.
2006-06-26 14:00:32 · answer #9 · answered by Curious1usa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No splice a wire and your in.
2006-06-26 13:22:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋