European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 2, 1994cellular phones not totally secure Ann Landers dear Ann Landers you have been misinformed by the cellular Telephone Industry. Both sides of cellular and cordless phone conversations can be received on scanners. The cellular Industry has spent millions of dollars to give the pub lie the false impression that the Calls Are secure. Your readers should be aware that their cellular transmissions May be received by anyone with a suitable scanner in an area of 10 Miles to 20 Miles of the transmission Tower. That could encompass hundreds of Square Miles. The government is opposed to encoding or scrambling cellular Calls because officials might not be Able to legitimately Mon a Tor such transmissions when criminal activity is involved. Although cordless phones have a limited Range usually less than half a mile conversations can still be picked up a usually by the people who live closest to you. Another risk is the baby monitors thab people leave on All the time. They provide an open microphone in the Home or apartment. Most newer scanners Are now manufactured so that the cellular Range can no longer be picked up. This does not however apply to cordless phones. It is Wise to assume that your phone conversation is being heard. Texas Bear Texas i was bombarded with mail from readers telling me pop s dear Abby my father is 82 years old and still leads a very Active life. My Mother died 10 years ago after 50 years of a Happy marriage. R am married Anil have three children. My sister Tina is divorced and she a raising two children. We grew up in a household where sex was never discussed. Now the problem dad Calls us1 both daily and he always has a dirty joke to Tell us. Tina and i have told dad we Are uncomfortable and embarrassed by his off color jokes but he continues a dear Abby to Call daily with yet another dirty joke. Last week he came to a family gathering with a newspaper and he was carrying around. It was an advertisement for a penile enlargement. I was completely disgusted and took him aside and told him i was embarrassed by his behaviour. He just laughed and said quibble a  id Hen x told you that Cue Don t need you it ooh 6a3e6alltdurnahbtj i Las Ulf Toni. Ule to need you a Gully you do of Ftp me you fee not just saying thar Lecause you ham6 a Sotl tvs can science. In Ovule really1 a a Joeed you. That Amer tech was wrong and that scanners can indeed pick up both sides of a cellular or cordless conversation. I decided to a fac Amer tech the Opportunity o Clear up the confusion. Here is the response. Dear Ann Landers both sides of a cellular and cordless Telephone conversation can be heard. However Beau St they Are transmitted on separate frequencies one Side of the conversation will be lower in  one Side of the conversation May very Well be unintelligible. Scanners arc typically de tuned and cannot Stop on cellular frequencies. It is illegal to sell scanners commercially that arc Able to Stott on cellular frequencies. Most cellular phone com Frances offer an encryption service to make Calls private which no scanning equipment can detect Consumers can Purchase sophisticated cordless phones that provide an encryption service As Well. I Hope this resolves the issues. Marybeth Johnson director a of Public relations Amer tech cellular services dear Marybeth so do i. In be had a ton of letters about this most of which was greek to me. You explained it Well. Letters to Ann Landers should be addressed la her at . Box 11562 Chicago in 606ri 0562. ,. C creators Syndicate. A. Out of Bounds a a where a your sense of humor a he reads your column faithfully Abby. In a hoping you can help me convince him that car Tain subjects should not be discussed Between fathers and daughters. Humiliated dear humiliated i agree with you. Its inappropriate for fathers to Tell their daughters dirty jokes. Perhaps he a getting a Little senile and his judgment is impaired. 7,. If this change in behaviour is recent a Call to his physician might be in order to determine if there a a physical problem meanwhile the next time your father launches into another suggestive Story remind him that its not a a Nice for fathers to Tell their daughters such stories. If he persists Tell him you Are too Busy to talk right now and get Oft the phone. Letters for this column should be addressed to dear Abby at . Box 447\ mount Morris til. 61054. A a c Universal press Syndicate a the stars and stripes today a crossword Page 21 across 1 Cleo s Slayer 4 mall unit 8 Quot Rosebud a . 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