5.8Gzh Uniden Cordless Security Questions?

[57Bill]

Make a call. Search on your scanner between 924 and 927 MHz, and you will probably find your call.
Cordless phone monitoring is alive and well, and if you keep it to yourself, don't even think about the law.

 

[poltergeisty]

yes,it has the option to add more handsets as well as a code which i never changed.
And the most likely suspects are building staff as this could be done while im gone from my apartment
as well several months back my DSL speed dropped from 7.0 to 1.23 i put up with it for about a month then called
Phone company tech support and they ruled everything out except line trouble and
a tech came out the next moring and was let into a secured phone room by head maintenance man
when the tech came back up he was very confused and clearly stated that something was not right down there and said he put new wiring on my line but still something was bothering him,of course i never thought to ask what that something was all he said is that the maintenance guy told him this was an really old building and the wiring was really old,this was the 1st time the tech was ever here in this building,actually this building was built in 1979 so its not all that old,
I have called the phone company back to request to talk to that tech and ask what it was that was not right but the phone company will not cooperate.What little he did down there that day brought my speed up to 6.0 then after that is when i heard the picking up of a handset intermittently.
Since i unplugged the cordless i think i have privacy on my corded but not 100%
6 months ago i threatened litigation against the management so i guess since they all stick together and have access not only to the phone room as well as my apartment im pretty screwed.
Of course im planning on moving however i sure would like to give them some stress before i leave
anyone have any ideas that are not illegal?
I do have a set of UHF FRS 22ch portables and they occupy ch 5 on that UHF band.

Okay, your DSL issue has more to do with latency problems, static and all kinds of other havoc that is very well known and documented for DSL. The lines may have issues, so when you do hear a click or pop, that may not be someone on your line/phone.

You do have filters on your phone lines for DSL? You should have been give filters..

Now the staff of that building issue. Hmm. It could be entirely possible that one intuitive little bugger looked through the menu of your cordless there and copied the code and entered it into there own phone which is the same model as yours. You have no control of the locks when you live in these places... But, I'm thinking it is static more than anything. If you ever see some fraudulent activity with your bank or something, then you may want to have a professional check the line fore bugging devices. :lol: But that goes waaay out there. If you do call, do so from another location. :lol: I'm laughing because most people consider this a "tin foil hat" issue.. But you never know.

Seen as how you do have DSL. That give a good excuse to have a tech look at the lines..from top to bottom. All the way to the network interface looking for interference..

If your ultra paranoid, buy a pre-paid cell phone.

 

[poltergeisty]

Make a call. Search on your scanner between 924 and 927 MHz, and you will probably find your call.
Cordless phone monitoring is alive and well, and if you keep it to yourself, don't even think about the law.

He has a 5 GHZ... probably using DSS..

 

[poltergeisty]

Thats a really smart idea about the long cord however that can be a pain the butt at times.

But a wise idea when the power goes out.. I have one on hand and have used it to call the electric company about outages. We had a craptaculer transformer. I knew this by listing to the electric company coms as they were working on the issue. :lol:

Cell works too..

Here's another thing. If you use VOIP (In my case Comcast) you have a backup battery, but do you have a battery for the cordless phone deskset? :lol:

 

[LEH]

But a wise idea when the power goes out.. I have one on hand and have used it to call the electric company about outages. We had a craptaculer transformer. I knew this by listing to the electric company coms as they were working on the issue. :lol:

Cell works too..

Here's another thing. If you use VOIP (In my case Comcast) you have a backup battery, but do you have a battery for the cordless phone deskset? :lol:

poltergeisty has it right about the corded phone. I'll add to this. Make sure it DOES NOT need external power to operate. Get one of those cheap phones from Wal-mart or wherever. Keep it handy for in case you need it.

One of the standing jokes in this area in 2003 after Hurricane Isabel when large segments of the area were without power for several days plus:

1. Power operated (wall wart) phones don't work.
2. Cell phones work if:
a. You have a way to charge the battery.
b. The cell tower(s) you can access have power.
3. People have forgotten how to talk to each other with no TV, radio or other distractions.
4. Parents realized they need other parenting skills beyond the TV and computer games.

Now do keep in mind that even land line phones will not always work if the wrong lines come tumbling down. The tree(s?) that took out power in my area also took out the phone. We got power back before the phone (or cable for the internet).

 

[w0fg]

Hanlon's razor states, "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." There are lots of reasons for crosstalk on phone lines, and 30 year old wiring is ancient in terms of the changes in telephone technology. A "building maintenance" person being so conversant with the technology that they would know enough to slip into your room, copy the base unit code, and then purchase the exact same model phone just to listen to you? That's quite a stretch of the imagination. A miswired entrance block is not. Of course, there's always the possibility of an internal affairs investigation...or that your case officer has been turned...or that your ex- has hired a PI. :twisted:

 

[chrismol1]

poltergeisty has it right about the corded phone. I'll add to this. Make sure it DOES NOT need external power to operate. Get one of those cheap phones from Wal-mart or wherever. Keep it handy for in case you need it.

One of the standing jokes in this area in 2003 after Hurricane Isabel when large segments of the area were without power for several days plus:

1. Power operated (wall wart) phones don't work.
2. Cell phones work if:
a. You have a way to charge the battery.
b. The cell tower(s) you can access have power.
3. People have forgotten how to talk to each other with no TV, radio or other distractions.
4. Parents realized they need other parenting skills beyond the TV and computer games.

Now do keep in mind that even land line phones will not always work if the wrong lines come tumbling down. The tree(s?) that took out power in my area also took out the phone. We got power back before the phone (or cable for the internet).

My grandparents has 2 rotary style phones form when they built the house back in 1958! The phones still works like a charm and are great, HEAVY things too

 

[724Gangsta]

A "building maintenance" person being so conversant with the technology that they would know enough to slip into your room, copy the base unit code, and then purchase the exact same model phone just to listen to you? That's quite a stretch of the imagination.

A "building maintenance" person with access to the building's TNI would be more likely to just hook up a lineman's handset or a beige box...

 

[724Gangsta]

My grandparents has 2 rotary style phones form when they built the house back in 1958! The phones still works like a charm and are great, HEAVY things too

I personally own two working Model 500 rotary phones, as well as a Model 302... While no scanner will ever pick up transmissions from those, a landline is always vulnerable at an unlocked TNI...

 

[mike6454]

RE.58.ghz

Nope you ex wife problems at all no private investigators ect nor LE im clean as a whistle!
next DSL all jacks are filtered DSL box clean and static was never an issue the issue was someone picking up at random like an extension and no calls were ever made on my line during this
too many people adding thier own nightmares here with people getting my posting way out of context.
The staff are primary suspects -remember,i have civil litigation agains them -get it?????

 

[WX5JCH]

That sounds like our friends at the NSA. They do lots of phone work.

 

[N8IAA]

Not to sound ignorant, but, what is a CI for LE? I am presuming that LE is law enforcement. Unsure of CI. I am guessing that for some young techs at the phone company, that anything wired before 1995 is considered 'old'. You have personal problems at this place, and I'm sure getting out of there should be more of a priority. If you have a cell, use that for the conversations you don't want monitored. Good luck.
Larry

 

[N_Jay]

The best way to find out is to give them some "juicy" but incorrect information.

 

[n2mdk]

Not to sound ignorant, but, what is a CI for LE? I am presuming that LE is law enforcement. Unsure of CI. I am guessing that for some young techs at the phone company, that anything wired before 1995 is considered 'old'. You have personal problems at this place, and I'm sure getting out of there should be more of a priority. If you have a cell, use that for the conversations you don't want monitored. Good luck.
Larry

A CI is generally a confidential informant.

 

[N8IAA]

A CI is generally a confidential informant.

Thanks, Jerri. I should have figured that one out.
Larry

 

[poltergeisty]

That sounds like our friends at the NSA. They do lots of phone work.

:lol: Of course.

Here's another acronym. CALEA. :lol:

 

[Twister_2]

Hey, I was just wondering what phone it is (Model number).