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Re: listening to people/offices when on-hold on the phone
From: Joel Eusebio <joele () telus net>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:16:35 -0700
Good point. And what if you were on hold while calling from work? And suddenly your co-worker shouts out loud "is the password on this server still....." :) cheers, Joel Quoting Robin Wood <dninja () gmail com>:
Hi Imagine the situation, you get a message to call someone, your call gets answered by an automated system which says there may be a few minutes wait and gives you the bad hold music. You hit the hands free button on the phone and get on with work while you wait for it to be answered. Unless you mute the call, the person/system on the other end of the call could be listening in while pretending to be on hold and potentially hear all that is going on around you. It is a random attack vector but it could allow an attacker to pick up all sorts of information. I thought about it while sitting on hold for over 30 mins trying to get through to my mobile phone support line last night. If they had been listening they would know what I had for dinner. Anyone tried listening in like this? Anyone got any comments? Robin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This List Sponsored by: Cenzic Are you using SPI, Watchfire or WhiteHat? Consider getting clear vision with Cenzic See HOW Now with our 20/20 program! http://www.cenzic.com/c/2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- listening to people/offices when on-hold on the phone Robin Wood (Jun 22)
- Re: listening to people/offices when on-hold on the phone Jarrod Frates (Jun 22)
- Re: listening to people/offices when on-hold on the phone Joel Eusebio (Jun 22)
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- Re: listening to people/offices when on-hold on the phone Robin Wood (Jun 24)
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- Re: listening to people/offices when on-hold on the phone rajat swarup (Jun 26)
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- Re: listening to people/offices when on-hold on the phone ebk_lists (Jun 22)
- Re: listening to people/offices when on-hold on the phone David Gutierrez (Jun 25)