i thought it make clicks like someone picked up a phone, but with the reciever mute

(Cyrus, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 6:22, archived)

Phone-tapping is so '80s.
They have stonking big brain-wave sensing devices in orbit now.
You're fucked.
(Rogue Sausage, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 6:26, archived)

I'm safe.
zapatopi.net/afdb.html
(s0WmVHAwZgpG, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 6:27, archived)

I very much doubt
that it would make any sound whatsoever.
(s0WmVHAwZgpG, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 6:26, archived)

oh....
i was just wondering cause my friends phone is always making noises and i was thinking that might be why..
(Cyrus, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 6:29, archived)

It's far more likely to be a line fault
such as a poor connection at a pit in the street, at the exchange, or within the wiring of his house, or maybe even a fault with one of the devices on the line (phones, dialup/ADSL modems, faxes, monitored alarm systems.) Perhaps he should contact his telco?
(s0WmVHAwZgpG, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 6:39, archived)

If he is an international spy, it's possible.
If he works in a small fruit and veg shop in Portsmouth and is called Derek, I'd say it's unlikely his phone is being tapped.
( Druid, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 6:43, archived)

Unless he's one of those towelhead terrorists

(s0WmVHAwZgpG, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 6:54, archived)

blimey!
you're up early
( robh, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 6:58, archived)

It does,
it makes a click when they turn the recorder on.

Or at least it did back in the 80s when my girlfriends parents phone was being tapped by the government.

I guess that it's a bit more high tech now and you wouldnt hear it.
(Marwood, Sun 10 Jul 2005, 7:35, archived)