THE HOT MICX is published 3 to 4 times a year, contains information of a security nature, dealing mostly with electronic eavesdropping or information loss and is provided at no cost. Reproduction of any or all of this newsletter is authorized. Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life. Cellular phones: There is little that can be done to protect yourself from the theft of your number Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it.‹ Will Rogers Dallas-Ft Worth: Hopefully, you will receive this before the end of the month. I have made arrangements to be in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area from the 4th through the 9th of October and will be calling on many of you. Some will be scheduled visit, others may be a drop by if I am in the area. In all instances, I will attempt to call before hand. If you would definitely like to be visited, call as soon as possible and try to give me a little leeway in scheduling--DFW is a BIG area. As mentioned in the last issue, past visits have included New York, Las Vegas and New Orleans, with short visits to Houston and Los Angeles. Atlanta will probably be next. Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while. Dateline Phoenix August 21 1992 The Arizona Republic--A school district in the Valley of the Sun (Phoenix Metropolitan Area) recently spent nearly $7000.00 to have two video cameras installed in the private office and private shower area of the elementary school principal. At this time, it is not known whether the action violates anything other than good judgment. A review of the Arizona Revised Statutes doesn't address video surveillance, only telephonic and telegraphic interceptions. Also, it appears a couple of video tapes may be missing and no one has stated whether audio was recorded or not. We've been assured someone is looking into the situation. It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven. Dateline Mexico City, 11 March 1992, The Arizona Republic--The Mexico Attorney General received a collection of bugging devices allegedly used in monitoring a closed door session of the the PAN national executive meeting. The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so. Dateline Phoenix, 15 August 1992 The Arizona Republic--The Dallas FBI office was investigating a former Los Angeles PI (now living in Arizona) for allegedly bugging the Dallas office of Ross Perot and conspiring to sell the tapes to Republican Party officials. Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. The Arizona Republic 13 May 1992--An article appeared by William Safire in which he restated what most knowledgeable security practitioners have known for a number of years--the world's espionage agencies are looking for commercial and technological trade secrets, not necessarily military intelligence. That part is old hat; the fact our government is restricting access to encryption devices which are powerful enough to keep them from reading or listening to your communications is what caught my eye. They want the equipment to be "good enough, but not to good". Sound's almost like the article highlighted in the last issue of THE HOT MICX in which the FBI wants telephone the user to pay for equipment which would allow them to listen to our conversations, or words to that effect. On Taxes-Never before have so many been taken for so much and left with so little. Tim Johnson |