Cell Phone Security FAQs

While there have been marked improvements in cellular phone security in recent years, users still need to be aware of the security risks associated with cell phones. The following frequently asked questions

Are cell phone conversations secure?

No conversation transmitted across radio frequencies is completely secure, but you have a higher level of security with digital and PCS (personal communications service) phones than with analog phones. Conversations on analog phones can be intercepted on inexpensive and readily available radio scanners. But conversations on digital phones are encoded which makes them more difficult to intercept. Some of the newer PCS phones transmit your conversation across a spectrum of frequencies and even scramble it, making transmission almost impossible to intercept.

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