cambler@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Fubar) (06/26/90)
I have one of those answering machines with the autoretrieve code feature. This feature cannot be turned off, nor can the code be changed. Someone is calling my home and retrieving as well as erasing my messages. Anyone have any ideas what I can do? ++Christopher(); --- cambler@polyslo.calpoly.edu --- chris@fubarsys.slo.ca.us
roy@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) (06/27/90)
cambler@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Fubar) writes: > I have one of those answering machines with the autoretrieve code > feature. This feature cannot be turned off, nor can the code be > changed. Someone is calling my home and retrieving as well as erasing > my messages. Anyone have any ideas what I can do? I'm afraid your only choice is to replace the machine. Is it one of those that takes a single digit code? <ugh!> While we're on this subject ... why _aren't_ those codes changable? My Code-A-Phone 2600 has a 3-digit code, which is a tad bit more secure, but I still cannot alter it. Seems a small 3-gang rotary switch, or even some jumper blocks, would be easy enough to design in. Roy M. Silvernail | Opinions found now available at: | herein are mine, cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu | but you can rent (cyberspace... be here!) | them.
news@accuvax.nwu.edu (USENET News System) (07/10/90)
You may not want to go to the trouble, but you can ask the phone company to put a trap on your line which will record the number of all calls coming in. You may also want to look into having a house sitter sit and note the time of all calls, especially the ones which erase your messages. That way the caller can be i.d.'d, but most telcos don't seem to want to do this kind of thing unless the local PD tells them to. James Zuchelli - via FidoNet node 1:125/777 UUCP: ...!sun!hoptoad!fidogate!161!555!James.Zuchelli INTERNET: James.Zuchelli@f555.n161.z1.FIDONET.ORG
wolfson@uunet.uu.net> (07/12/90)
>You may not want to go to the trouble, but you can ask the phone >company to put a trap on your line which will record the number of all >calls coming in. You may also want to look into having a house sitter >sit and note the time of all calls, especially the ones which erase Join the 90's and replace your answering machine with Voice Mail which is password protected etc. If you don't trust a service provider you can even get one for your own PC. Perhaps some erudite TELECOM readers can enlighten us on the value of these PC gizmos.
John Higdon <john@bovine.ati.com> (07/14/90)
Steve Wolfson <motcid!wolfson@uunet.uu.net> writes: > Join the 90's and replace your answering machine with Voice Mail which > is password protected etc. If you don't trust a service provider you > can even get one for your own PC. Perhaps some erudite TELECOM > readers can enlighten us on the value of these PC gizmos. Once again, at the risk of sounding like a shill for Natural Microsystems, Inc., I would like to re-state that my three year old Watson has been great. You can program the security with as many or as few digits as you like. You can set different levels of security. You can have it deliver messages to others, either when they call in or have it call them! The audio quality is superior to the finest mechanical answering machine. The Watson (with VIS) costs less than $400 and will run in any junk PC/XT. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !
king@uunet.uu.net (Steven King) (07/16/90)
In article <9686@accuvax.nwu.edu> motcid!wolfson@uunet.uu.net (Steve Wolfson) writes: >Join the 90's and replace your answering machine with Voice Mail which >is password protected etc. If you don't trust a service provider you >can even get one for your own PC. Perhaps some erudite TELECOM >readers can enlighten us on the value of these PC gizmos. Not feasible for everyone. I myself would *LOVE* to have voice-mail. I'm on the modem a lot and miss more calls due to the line being busy than to me not being around. Unfortunately, the switch that serves Palatine (a town on the northwest edge of the continuous suburb surrounding Chicago, for those of you not around here) doesn't have busy-transfer capability. Therefore I can't get it from an outside vendor and the telco isn't offering it themselves. Naturally, a private PC-based system would be worthless in this situation. Not to mention that I've got better things to do with my computer! Yes, a second line would solve my problems, but due to circumstances that aren't really important here I can't get one. Oh well. I'm moving in a month or so, and rest assured the new place will have at least three phone lines for myself and my one housemate. Steve King, Motorola Cellular (...uunet!motcid!king)
Thomas.Farmer@actrix.co.nz (Thomas Farmer) (07/16/90)
I know of some people who have extensively hacked into at least
one voice mail system. It wasn't hard ... all new accounts default to
a password of 0000. Most people don't bother changing them. Password
length is limited to four digits unlike some other systems.
Irony: One of the hacked voice mail boxes (with a password of
0000) belonged to a computer security consulting company!!!! :-)
mail: tfarmer@actrix.co.nz (I think)