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From: marysue on 6 Jan 2006 17:58
I was watching the movie "The Conversation", with Gene Hackman as the
'old school' surveillance genius (great move btw)...... And I was
thinking about the recent wiretap controversy, and I'm sure the
techniques must be quite different today than in the early 70s'. And
is this really legal?

From: Don Pearce on 7 Jan 2006 03:24
On 6 Jan 2006 14:58:36 -0800, "marysue" <marysue1980(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I was watching the movie "The Conversation", with Gene Hackman as the
>'old school' surveillance genius (great move btw)...... And I was
>thinking about the recent wiretap controversy, and I'm sure the
>techniques must be quite different today than in the early 70s'. And
>is this really legal?

Every phone network, including mobiles, has a LIG - that is a Lawful
Interception Gateway. Whether and how that is used is a matter of
local legislation.

The days of a chap with a set of headphones and some crocodile clips
dashing madly up and down clacking rows of Strowger Selectors are
sadly past.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com
From: Pooh Bear on 7 Jan 2006 05:44


marysue wrote:

> I was watching the movie "The Conversation", with Gene Hackman as the
> 'old school' surveillance genius (great move btw)

Curious. This film popped up in another ng yesterday too !

Excellent movie indeed.

Graham

From: will on 7 Jan 2006 08:02
Why does this thread subject remind me of the famous quote by Alfonso
Bedoya in 'Treasure of the Sierra Madres':

"Badges?...we don't need no stinkin' badges!"

From: Richard Crowley on 7 Jan 2006 08:53
"marysue" wrote ...
>I was watching the movie "The Conversation", with Gene
> Hackman as the 'old school' surveillance genius (great
> move btw)...... And I was thinking about the recent wiretap
> controversy, and I'm sure the techniques must be quite
> different today than in the early 70s'.

It ranges from "a chap with a set of headphones and some
crocodile clips dashing madly up and down clacking rows
of Strowger Selectors" (a great explanation by Mr. Pierce)
all the way through the "Echelon" system and other classified
satellites, NSA supercomputers, etc. Anybody remember the
"Clipper chip"? Watched a Tom Clancy movie recently?

> And is this really legal?

Wrong newsgroup.

"Don't believe everything you read in the papers."
This was true in your grandparent's era, and even
more so today.

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