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isidro847
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What can I do/buy to increase the security of my Vonage Voip calls? We recently had a scare of someone eavesdropping on one of our calls. What do you guys recommend?
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tophtml
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Since everything is wired, the only weak spot that I can see would be any cordless phones you are using. |
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Steve48
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Agreed. What was the nature of your scare? |
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isidro847
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Well we had place a call to Mexico to a family member a week ago. My name was mention as well as my mothers during the convo. We were speaking about a certain amount of money and other matters. Somehow someone ended up calling them back a couple days later claiming that they had me hostage somewhere and wanted ransome money. They mention plenty things from that convo. As unusual as it sounds its true. We got details that the culprits were from my city of chicago but thats all. It kinda got me frighten about Vonage calls security. I heard about packet encryption, is there a way i could to that? what about firewalls? |
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tophtml
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What kind of cordless telephone do you have? VERY unlikely its Vonage. How about the Mexico side of the conversation? How is their security? |
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Steve48
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Agreed again, but it hasn't yet been established that a cordless phone is involved. Another possibility is tapping into house wiring if it's in use, or simply listening on an extension if that's a possibility. |
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tophtml
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NSA wiretaps only work with Verizon though.  |
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Steve48
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I'll take your word for it, and hope that you don't tell us how you know.  |
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trekologer
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| isidro847 wrote: | | Somehow someone ended up calling them back a couple days later claiming that they had me hostage somewhere and wanted ransome money. They mention plenty things from that convo. As unusual as it sounds its true. We got details that the culprits were from my city of chicago but thats all. |
Ya know I saw a show on E! the other day that had the same story, except it was involving a cell phone, spring break, and a needed airlift to Arizona... |
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isidro847
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yes its a cordless phone. What does a cordless phone have to do with anything?
*edit* Oh by the way the phone is a Panasonic KXTG2382 2.4 GHz Cordless Phone. |
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