Todd Allcock wrote:

> Why not? We used to do it on unencrypted analog cordless and cellphones
> all the time. We simply relied on the law of averages- while it was
> POSSIBLE our calls were being monitored, it was extremely UNLIKELY they
> were.

Not me, at least on analog cellular. I had picked up analog cellular
calls on my SW radio (at least half of the conversation) and that
convinced me to be cautious. For cordless phones the danger was a bit
less as you'd have had to be so close to the handset in order to pick it up.

> And BTW, why cross-post to five different carriers' NGs when we have a
> perfectly good "generic" NG- alt.cellular- for topics applicable to all
> cellphone users?

It's applicable to these carriers. The alt.cellular group isn't well used.