Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Electronic sweeping and debugging equiptments
Message-ID: <1989Aug26.042754.9128@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <CMM.0.88.620075522.yj1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 89 04:27:54 GMT

In article <CMM.0.88.620075522.yj1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu> yj1@CUNIXA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (y) writes:
>Do you know any equiptment that can check whether the phone lines are
>monitored or the rooms are bugged?  Do you know any anti-spy techniques
>in general?

Determining whether a room is bugged, if the bad guys are reasonably
competent, is an inordinately tedious process that in itself is going
to rouse the suspicions of listeners.  It's basically impractical.

The number one rule is to assume that in indoor environments with
known inhabitants, someone is *always* listening.  Go somewhere
outdoors to talk, or conduct your conversation in writing
rather than out loud (burn the paper and stir the ashes afterward!),
or put your heads together under a blanket and talk very quietly.
The more background noise, the better.
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