From: Jonathan Cooper <entropy@IntNet.net>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 94 21:44:30 PST
To: Wes Felter <wesf@unicycle.cs.tulane.edu>
Subject: Re: Moto Secure Clear digital?
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> I just got a second phone line, and decided that if I was going to get a 2-line
> phone it might as well be a good one, so I am considering a Motorola Secure 
> Clear cordless 2-line phone with speakerphone. This will be quite an investment,so I was wondering whether the Secure Clear phones are digitally encrypted or
> merely scrambled using some analog method. Anybody know about this? How secure
> are these phones really? --Wes

   As I understand it the system is a cheezy form of frequency 
inversion.  It'll stop your neighbors with a scanner, but that's about it.

-jon

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