IP: Risks of using power wiring for data traffic

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 13:57:45 -0500 
From: Dan Pritts <danno () ans net> 
Subject: Risks of using power wiring for data traffic
http://cgi.sjmercury.com/premium/front/docs/devilphone11.htm
Summary: cable TV decoder that calls in every night to record pay-per-view, 
combined with "wireless jacks" that send phone traffic across house power 
wiring, seem to have given San Jose family a $500 phone bill for calls made 
by someone else.
dan pritts, ans systems engineering, ann arbor, MI uunet worldcom 734-214-7409