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  • Mar 29, 2007, 12:29 PM
    daisy001
    Tapped landline
    OK only real genuine people respond please no time for joksters. Somehow my conversations are being heard on my landline phone. All my voicemail is being recorded also. I have had the phone company out, but they say the line is all right, really don't know if they are checking for tap or not.

    Anyway, there's proof that I am being heard, I am just having a hard time figuring out how they can hear everything. One time there was a message in the voicemail that, this initiated voice message box is for tessting purposes only. So, the more I dig the more I find out there. There's software you can download and it records everything in regards to your landline.

    I am in a bad relationship. He is doing the neighbor. Could this be downloaded on her computer and the phone company wouldn't find anything at all?

    Someone please help...
  • Mar 29, 2007, 12:35 PM
    whailey
    Are you using cordless phone with antenna? If so the frequency can be picked up on a scanner. But don't know of programs that will let you listen in on other phone calls. Possibly your companion could have (if they still exist) gotten you on a party line.
  • Mar 29, 2007, 12:40 PM
    daisy001
    Communicating wirelessly
    Somehow my boyfriend is communicating to his girlfriend, the neighbor, about 50 fifty away. I thought it was bluetooth, and maybe it still is, but I never see a headset. When I first thought bluetooth I did some research and found out that walkie talkies could interfere with communications. So, I tried it and it did. Since then they did something, and it doesn't work.

    He talks to her, (whispers) right in front of me. She can hear him, and probably me too, he can hear her, but I can't hear her, and there is no headset, how can this be?

    I just want to find out how so I can be a miss smarty pants. Right now I feel like a fool, they think I am a fool. I just want to know, please help me
  • Mar 29, 2007, 12:46 PM
    ScottGem
    Are you sure he's just not trying to goad you. Could it be that he's just mouthing words and pretending to listen and hear? Without some sort of mic and earpiece, I don't think communication is possible at least with today's technology.
  • Mar 29, 2007, 12:52 PM
    Matt3046
    Why is his ex living 50 feet away? I am not sure I understand. But like Scott said it sounds like he is just messing with your head. How do you know that they can hear each other?
  • Mar 29, 2007, 12:52 PM
    daisy001
    Wireless technology
    This area of technology is so confusing, and unfortunately it is being used against me. I want to somehow be empowered with some knowledge, so I need your help. Please only genuine people respond. It all started with my computer, I did netstat cmds, and found all kinds of funky things. Anyway my boyfriend is doing the neighbor, and everything I did on the computer they knew about, even though I deleted history. And cookies and so on and so forth. The computer gradually got a mind of its own and started running slower and slower. But, it was acting as if something was running all of the time in the background. I had dial up and sometimes would get the modem was already in use when it wasn't. Then there were presences of wireless lans, but we, to my knowledge had nothing wireless.

    I really don't know how that all works, but could it be possible that the neighbor tapped into my computer and while I was online could see it too from her screen? If so how, and if so how can I prevent that , how can I break down their wireless network?

    Please help me to be a little miss smarty pants----i really am no fool, and I would like to prove it, so please someone help me
  • Mar 29, 2007, 12:56 PM
    ScottGem
    Sounds like the boyfriend installed a keystroke logger on your system. Get an anti-spyware utility and see if you can clean it out. Then put a poweron password on the system to prevent anyone but you from logging on.

    Oh yeah, either move out or kick the boyfriend out. You two have big trust issues that spell the end of your relationship.
  • May 12, 2007, 12:28 PM
    Stratmando
    If not cordless phone, Possibly wires physically ran between the two houses.
    Some may be desperate enough to climb a pole where both connections are made,
    A simple jump of neighbors spare pair to your line, hook up recorder.

    If you know a Phone or Alarm Guy, You might ask him to put a tone on your line
    And Someone desperate to find out would see if tone present at their phone wires.
    I am not telling you to go to their phone wires or yard. I am telling how to determine if wires are physically connected.
    Does he have access to house(Old Keys?)Change Locks, Is He good with locks? Alarm System? Change codes. Panel may have multiple codes. Changing yours may not eleminate his. What panel do you have?
    I ask because recorder could be in house, and he retreives.
    Good Luck
  • May 12, 2007, 01:38 PM
    Fr_Chuck
    First has the house been checked for "bugs" they may have listening devices in the home. Have you checked to see if there was an extra line added or extensions ran to the basement or attic area.

    If he is in the house next door, he could be using a listening device to hear what was going on in your home.

    But to hear your voice mail, he would have to know your pass code and listen, so just change your code to listen to voice mail.

    But against your ex may be messing with you and not listening as well as you think.
  • May 12, 2007, 03:18 PM
    Stratmando
    Whether it be bug or tap. Would have to physically touch land line wires. Not going to get into inductive coupling.
    Again if you have cordless, suspect scanner.
    Do you have cordless phone?
  • May 12, 2007, 03:25 PM
    bikerguy
    How do you have proof your being recorded, This source would need to be investigated into It's a federal offense to tap the lines married or not.
    Tell us more info?
  • Jun 19, 2007, 10:06 AM
    daisy001
    Party line on landline
    How can I find out if I have a party line or anything else on my phone?
  • Jun 19, 2007, 10:11 AM
    Curlyben
    Have you tried calling your supplier ?
    Seems like the best place to start.
  • Jun 19, 2007, 10:18 AM
    Stratmando
    Didn't know party lines still in use. You could go to a place like radio shack, and get a
    "Line in Use" indicator. If you see In use, and you are not on phone, some one may be on your line. Model I'm thinking, if I recollect, may also indicate when line cut, or telco working on line.(Lack or drop in voltage). Maybe put recorder on line, so if they wait to use phone when you are gone, you will have recording. DTMF Decoder will show numbers
    That they calling.
    If it is a Pro, you won't know.
  • Jun 20, 2007, 08:31 AM
    ebaines
    If you have a party line you would most certainly know it - there would be occasions when you pick up the receiver and hear a conversation already in progress. I believe that your phone would also have to be specially to ring properly - phones on party lines have to be wired to ring using a technique called "ring start" or "tip start," so that only the phone in the correct house rings when dialed - otherwise your phone would ring whenever the other party's line is called. You would also have to use special procedures for making long distance calls - so that the phone company knows which party to bill. Here's a link that describes the characteristics of party lines: Party line (telephony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

    But to be sure, look at your monthly bill - it should state the type of service you're paying for.
  • Jul 16, 2007, 11:53 AM
    daisy001
    Landline and other service
    Without getting into my big ole drama life, please help me figure out something. Somehow the neighbor which is 50-80 ft away from my house intercepts everything on my home land line. Whether she is home or not. She hears the conversations that have been taking place on the phone, she knows and hears if someone leaves a message on that phone. How is this possibe? Remember somehow she can retrieve stuff if she is not home. Can she possibly have some program setup through her computer that is associated with my home phone number? Please no jokesters, only good intelligent people reply please.
  • Jul 16, 2007, 11:57 AM
    daisy001
    Could this be bluetooth?
    Still no answer need some insight some help. How can my wonderful fiancée be talking to his girlfriend our neighbor? She is only 50-80 ft away from our house. He talks to her. But I never see an earpiece. He can hear her, I can't. How can they talk back and forth without a handset, headset, please help me, I so need to figure this out. He is such a snake. Somehow they are able to contact each other (dial) could this be voice activated like a cough? He does that a lot when he is talking to her.
  • Jul 16, 2007, 12:01 PM
    nauticalstar420
    Contact the phone company. Lines do get crossed sometimes :)
  • Jul 16, 2007, 12:47 PM
    ScottGem
    Do you have a cordless phone? Have you checked the outside terminal to see if any taps are on it?
  • Jul 16, 2007, 02:16 PM
    Stratmando
    Do you have any Baby Monitors, Cordless Phones? Can be picked up in the air.
    Do you have an innercomm that you plug in wall, and communicates on power lines(PLC)
    And leave locked on.
    Any kids walkie talkies or communicators left or locked on?
    Kids repeating what they hear?
    If not wireless tap, could be hardwired, Phone wires could be going to neighbors also,
    Either intentional, or accidental. Are they likely to climb a pole?
    If you have a Phone or Alarm friend, see if they will put tone on your line, and see if it runs to their house.
    Another posibility could be Network cameras or other.
  • Jul 16, 2007, 02:20 PM
    Curlyben
    SIX threads merged as they ALL deal with the same issue.
    Please stick to ONE thread per issue.
  • Jul 16, 2007, 02:35 PM
    Stratmando
    The cough could be to activate voice activated transmit, speaker could be on collar.
    It is more likely RF, and not IR for communication, You could get a scanner and have some fun yourself. Start with the 49.830, 49.845, 49.860, 49.875, and 49.890
    Good luck. They also have audio/video programs that can run in the background. Recording video and audio. Turn off computer when not using.
    Phone company may not give accurate advice, by accident.
  • Jul 16, 2007, 02:42 PM
    Canada_Sweety
    Well! I have had the same situation. I had the phone company come o my house and check it out but they couldn't find anything wrong. I called them a few days later because finding nothing simply was not good enough seeing how I was not paying phone bills so I could share my phone line with one of my neighbors. A different man came the second time and he checked up on the wires that led to some poles or something like that and it turned out that the whole mess happened because there was ONE line that someone had put there (who knows how long ago) that wasn't needed. My advice... call the phone company up and ask them thoroughly inspect the wires.
  • Jul 16, 2007, 02:46 PM
    HappySeedling
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by daisy001
    Still no answer need some insight some help. how can my wonderful fiancee be talking to his girlfriend our neighbor? she is only 50-80 ft away from our house. he talks to her. but i never see an earpiece. he can hear her, i can't. how can they talk back and forth without a handset, headset, please help me, i so need to figure this out. he is such a snake. somehow they are able to contact each other (dial) could this be voice activated like a cough? he does that alot when he is talking to her.

    How are you sure?
  • Jul 16, 2007, 09:40 PM
    sliptthrucrack
    Sweety. Not sure if you want my advice but honestly, I think you should just put mr. wonderful out and let him know that you will not accept this bull and then make a few phone calls to change your phone # and make sure that they check your line at the same time... also re-format your computer!! That will erase EVERYTHING you had in the computer and start you from scratch. Unless he/she sent you a back door file. At that time and you decided to save it, if they did, they would only be able to read EVERYTHING YOU write or do on it. I am not sure but I don't think they would be able to see or read what the other person is writing to you... only what you write to them.

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