For a long time, there has been a conventional wisdom that conversations involving digital cellphones are much more difficult to intercept than those involving older analog phones. Is this still true? If you talk on a digital cellphone, do have you have a reasonable expectation of privacy from local eavesdroppers? (Let's save the ranting about the police and NSA eavesdropping for a different post, shall we?)
2007-01-01 02:03:26 · 8 answers · asked by Willster 5 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
Not really. I have a friend that has a scanner and it will sometimes pick up conversations that people are having on cell phones and cordless phones. So be careful what you say.
2007-01-01 02:07:47 · answer #1 · answered by T.K. 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cellphone radio is encrypted and cannot be decoded (apart from at the cell tower) except with vast computer power and a lot of time. It cannot be decoded with a few 100 $ (or even 100,000$) of scanner equipment.
Once over the wires, the voice traffic is no longer encrypted. In this case, the conversation has similar security to a wireline call - which is pretty secure.
Police need a court order to bug a phone. Of course the NSA can do anything they like. It would be more practical for them to intercept over the wires instead of the encrypted radio.
2007-01-01 11:47:37 · answer #2 · answered by amania_r 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,
You can get a special scanner that picks up police, aircraft, and yes cell phone calls, the scanners are illegal but can be purchased for about $250-$350 on the internet and by mail order, so anyone can intercept your mobile call that has a "special" scanner, and yes it works on digital phones.
2007-01-01 11:30:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Never assume your mobile calls are private. I don't believe they are safe anyway from eavedropping but I do believe they are safe for the normal average person who has nothing to hide.
2007-01-01 10:15:29 · answer #4 · answered by Nightstar 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can still pick up conversations on a scanner.Ive heard everything from cheating,Drug deals,To car theft
2007-01-01 10:07:26 · answer #5 · answered by tmerring1964 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well i dont think so if i were you i would go to the compony you got it from and talk to the about it because if i were you i would want to feel very comfetable with my phone and maybe you can probley get a new one that u can feel comfertable!!!!!
2007-01-01 10:10:48 · answer #6 · answered by apple_bottom06 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
safe i think....
2007-01-01 10:14:02 · answer #7 · answered by turtl3e 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO !!!!!
2007-01-01 10:30:00 · answer #8 · answered by George 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋