Chapter 13 Covert Listening Devices

Having the ability to eavesdrop on what are assumed to be private conversations and communications is very useful to the Zukin. Since radio is used as a communications media in so many ways, this leaves us with a very target-rich environment to carry out such attacks. We can listen in on Bluetooth, cell phone conversations, wireless data networks, and a variety of other communications, often entirely undetected.

Radio Frequency Scanners

An enormous number of devices today use radio as a transmission media. We can see it used in cell phones, wireless computer networks, various portable devices, broadband Internet access, and a number of other places. The use of radio is so ubiquitous that many users do not ...

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