Comments on: Wiretap-proof telephone

By: dascoyne

dascoyne — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:23:25 +0000

Gee. I’d like to see what the prototype looked like.

By: fred

fred — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:20:35 +0000

wow that chick is wearin a rubber nose

By: g663

g663 — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:23:34 +0000

Frequency inversion scrambler with fixed inversion point.

Strictly speaking not an encryption system.

Some people can unscramble inverted speech with their ears.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:01:37 +0000

“Are you using the scrambler?”
“I can’t hear you. I’m using the scrambler.”

By: Casandro

Casandro — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:29:25 +0000

I guess this was just frequency inversion back then. Nothing special, I have a radio that decodes it as a flip of a switch.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:37:19 +0000

It would be better if you could select the code yourself.
I wonder if something like this old technology would be old enough to confuse modern technology that tried to decode it.

By: Myles

Myles — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:56:01 +0000

My first thought was “she’s ironing her head.”

By: Al Bear

Al Bear — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:15:42 +0000

Cool! it’s the compact size one too!

By: Charlene

Charlene — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:43:55 +0000

If that woman was wearing any more makeup she wouldn’t be able to open her eyes.

By: John M. Hanna

John M. Hanna — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:59:43 +0000

“And it only weighs 28 pounds.”