From jet at nas.nasa.gov  Thu Jul  8 11:24:06 1993
From: jet at nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend)
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 93 11:24:06 PDT
Subject: scanning (was Happens to `best' of them
In-Reply-To: <9307072015.AA25620@ushabti.Eng.Sun.COM>
Message-ID: <9307081824.AA28647@boxer.nas.nasa.gov>


 >    Any uncoded call that travels through the airwaves rather than
 > along a wire can be intercepted, and electronic eavesdroppers have
 > become skilled at using scanners to monitor the communications.

one can 'become skilled' at scanning about as easily as one can
'become skilled' at using a non-Macintosh micro.

MacScanner, anyone?