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>Tapping a phone was difficult, both technically and legally, and you could safely assume your phone calls and letters were private. Wait, couldn't you just li
by jgh 11y ago
>Tapping a phone was difficult, both technically and legally, and you could safely assume your phone calls and letters were private.
Wait, couldn't you just listen in on someone's line from the telephone box outside their house?
- pbhjpbhj 11y agoDepending on the exchange, in the UK, I think the "operator" may have been able to listen in too? Crossed lines were a thing I think [in movies they were!] - induced signals in a different line that allowed you to hear someone else's call?