Stiffler Scientific wrote:
Well, well!
The old phone systems. disconnected the transmitter (carbon mouth piece)
element from the phone line, by direct open contact. If you dispute this get
an old phone and check it out. In the older systems it was not possible
without modification.
I do not dispute it. That's what I meant. You had to send someone in
to modify the phone order to listen into conversations in the room.
I am sure the phone sets in Russian hotels came that way. Probably still do.
- Jed