Re: Phone Switches + telephone banking etc

[KF <dotslash () snosoft com>]

using a DTMF decoder is cake... and playback of tones is very 
possible... however both can depend on the quality of your recording.
-KF


hellNbak wrote:

> I have done some playing with some higher end 2.4G scanners here in Canada 
> and find it very easy to not only listen in on various phone calls but 
> also record the tones.  I am unsure of what effect playing them back would 
> have as that is a little too far over the line for my liking...
>
> Dont do banking via a normal cellular or cordless phone
>
> On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 quentyn () fotango com wrote:
>
> > if you phone HSBC in the UK and ask to change your "security number"
> > they will ask you if you are on a cordless phone or a mobile. Remember
> > the "old" cordless phones that could be eaves dropped accidentally ? (
> > or with a scanner from maplins )
> >
> > Now DECT phones are all the rage I suppose the question is irrelevant (
> > also GSM mobiles are supposedly encrypted anyway)
> >
> > I just phoned HSBC's telephone banking division and their policy is that
> > "you should not use cordless or mobile phones when setting or resetting
> > security features" though they couldn't tell me where to find a doc on
> > this.
> >
> > My original take on this issue was merely that the key press records are
> > a hell of a load more sensitive than people believe. 
> >
> > Q