I have fiber optics to the house, so our hookups are quite different. I
get the usual "You have been chosen for a free
vacation................." call almost every morning. I also get the
"fishing" calls from scammers posing as Microsoft tech support, who want
to help me with a problem. Others are just automated "scatter gun"
calls, where no caller is present when I answer. But I have not noted
any connection to activities in the home.
I also use, among others, an ancient Western Electric deskset with 12
pushbuttons, because it has an amplified handset that allows me to
compensate for hearing loss. It still works fine, even over the fiber
system.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 7/21/2015 11:05 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
What type of phone are you using, Chris?
My primary landline phone is a traditional type (19th century bidirectional
twisted pair plus ground with no electronics), plus I have a set of AT&T
cordless phones.
I also have a solid brass Western Electric commemorative candlestick
phone that I use occasionally for fun. I still have the impulse dialing option
so I can dial numbers by toggling the earpiece hook.
Chris the Paranoid
On 7/21/2015 10:02 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
I brought this subject up some time ago, and I hadn't given it any further thought
until just this week. The issue is the suspicion that telemerketers are using some
method where they can listen to your telephone even when it is hung up. I was reminded
of this while watching a movie "The Conversation" where a surveillance expert
demonstrates a device for doing just that.
About a week ago, I came home and closed the front door firmly,
immediately after which the telephone rang with a telemarketer on the other
end. A couple of days later I was sorting out some bicycle parts near the
phone, and immediately after I dropped a part into a can, making a loud noise,
the telephone rang with a telemarketer at the other end.
I'm a firm believer in Gibbs Rule #39, which says that there is no such
thing as a coincidence. I've had too many instances where the telephone rings
immediately after maing a loud noise, such as closing a door or making some
other form of loud noise. This practice of eavesdropping on your phone while
it is hung up to detect if someone is home has got to be grossly illegal.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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