Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rochester.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!mayer From: mayer@rochester.UUCP (Jim Mayer) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Telephone Rate Hike - Pacific Bell Message-ID: <10892@rochester.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 11:07:05 EDT Article-I.D.: rocheste.10892 Posted: Tue Aug 6 11:07:05 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Aug-85 03:00:14 EDT References: <1845@amdahl.UUCP> <69600027@hp-pcd.UUCP> Reply-To: mayer@rochester.UUCP (Jim Mayer) Organization: U. of Rochester, CS Dept. Lines: 19 In article <69600027@hp-pcd.UUCP> john@hp-pcd.UUCP (john) writes: ><<< >< Unfortunately, I don't have a "phone meter" out at the side of my house. > ... > I have seen a device that plugs into the phone line and controls a >standard cassette tape deck. It starts the deck everytime the phone is off >hook and records the conversation. Great for practicing paranoids who want >to see what their baby sitters and employees are really up to. If this device > ... If I remember correctly, such a device is also quite illegal. I believe that any device that records phone conversations is supposed to emit a periodic "beep" to let people know they are being recorded. I'm not sure if this is just true of most states, or if it is true everywhere except the District of Columbia :-)... (or maybe) :-(. -- Jim Mayer University of Rochester (arpa) mayer@Rochester.ARPA Department of Computer Science (uucp) rochester!mayer Ray P. Hylan Building (via allegra, decvax, or seismo) Rochester, New York 14627